Rubery Hill Hospital

Rubery Hill Hospital
The former hospital chapel
Shown in West Midlands
Geography
Location	Nightingale 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
Opened	1882
Closed	1993
Links
Lists	Hospitals in England

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] Patient numbers peaked in the 1950s. ^[4]

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 ^[2] Most of the buildings were subsequently demolished and have been replaced by housing. ^[2]

References

1. Historic England. "Chapel at Rubery Hill Hospital (1276164)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 13 April 2019.
2. "Rubery Hill Hospital". County Asylums. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
3. "Rubery Hill Hospital, Birmingham". National Archives. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
4. "Rubery Hill". County Asylums. Retrieved 11 August 2025.