Rubery Hill Hospital

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Rubery Hill Hospital
RuberyHill Hospital Chapel.JPG
The former hospital chapel
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Shown in West Midlands
Geography
LocationNightingale Grove, Birmingham, West Midlands, England
Coordinates 52°23′54″N2°00′51″W / 52.3982°N 2.0143°W / 52.3982; -2.0143
Organisation
Care system NHS
Type Specialist
Services
Emergency department N/A
Speciality Psychiatric Hospital
History
Opened1882
Closed1993
Links
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Rubery Hill Hospital was a mental health facility in Birmingham, England. The chapel, which still survives, is a Grade II listed building. [1]

History

The hospital, which was designed by William Martin and John Henry Chamberlain using a Standard Pavilion layout, opened as the Second Birmingham City Asylum in January 1882. [2] [3] Additional ward pavilions were completed in 1897. [2] It became the 1st Birmingham War Hospital during the First World War and then became Rubery Hill Mental Hospital in 1919. [2] During the Second World War it remained a civilian establishment. [2] It joined the National Health Service as Rubery Hill Hospital 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 1993. [2] Most of the buildings were subsequently demolished. [2]

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References

  1. Historic England. "Chapel at Rubery Hill Hospital (1276164)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 13 April 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Rubery Hill Hospital". County Asylums. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
  3. "Rubery Hill Hospital, Birmingham". National Archives. Retrieved 13 April 2019.