Herrison Hospital

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Herrison Hospital
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Herrison House (previously a private asylum for fee paying patients)
Herrison Hospital
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Shown in Dorset
Geography
Location Charminster, Dorset, England
Coordinates 50°45′04″N2°27′32″W / 50.7511°N 2.4590°W / 50.7511; -2.4590 Coordinates: 50°45′04″N2°27′32″W / 50.7511°N 2.4590°W / 50.7511; -2.4590
Organisation
Care system NHS
Type Specialist
Services
Emergency department N/A
Speciality Psychiatric Hospital
History
Opened1863
Closed1992
Links
Lists Hospitals in England

Herrison Hospital was a mental health facility in Charminster, Dorset.

History

The hospital, which was designed by Henry Edward Kendall Jr. using a Corridor Plan layout, opened as the Dorset County Asylum in 1863. [1] A female annex, designed by George Thomas Hine, was added in 1896 and a private asylum for fee paying patients, known as Herrison House and also designed by Hine, was added in 1904. [1] The facility became the Dorset County Mental Hospital in 1920 and Herrison Hospital in 1940 before joining the National Health Service in 1948. [2]

After the introduction of Care in the Community in the early 1980s, the hospital went into a period of decline and closed in January 1992. [1] The site was subsequently developed for residential use as Charlton Down. [1] Three of the larger buildings — Redwood (the main structure built in 1863), Greenwood (the female annex built in 1896) and Herrison House (the private asylum built in 1904) — have been converted into apartments. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Herrison Hospital". County Asylums. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
  2. "Herrison Hospital". National Archives. Retrieved 13 April 2019.