Horton Road Hospital

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Horton Road Hospital
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Horton Road Hospital
Horton Road Hospital
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Shown in Gloucestershire
Geography
Location Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England
Coordinates 51°51′55″N2°13′42″W / 51.8653°N 2.2284°W / 51.8653; -2.2284 Coordinates: 51°51′55″N2°13′42″W / 51.8653°N 2.2284°W / 51.8653; -2.2284
Organisation
Care system NHS
Type Specialist
Services
Emergency department N/A
Speciality Psychiatric Hospital
History
Opened1823
Closed1988
Links
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The Horton Road Hospital was a mental health facility in Horton Road, Gloucester, England.

History

The hospital, which was designed by William Stark (who died before the hospital was fully designed), [1] John Wheeler (who also died before the hospital was fully designed) and John Collingwood using a radial plan layout, opened as the First Gloucestershire County Asylum in July 1823. [2] [3] The west wing was extended in 1846. [2]

The facility joined the National Health Service as the Horton Road Hospital in 1948. [2] In the early 1970s the Horton Road Hospital released land on the west of its site to facilitate the construction of the Gloucestershire Royal Hospital. [2] After the introduction of Care in the Community in the early 1980s, the hospital went into a period of decline and closed in March 1988. [2] The main building was converted to apartments in 2005. [2]

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References

  1. "Gloucester Asylum". Scottish Architects. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Horton Road". County Asylums. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  3. "Horton Road Hospital, Gloucester". National Archives. Retrieved 14 April 2019.