| St Andrew's Hospital | |
|---|---|
 St Andrew's Hospital | |
  Shown in Norfolk | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Norwich, England |
| Coordinates | 52°37′39″N1°22′00″E / 52.6276°N 1.3668°E |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | NHS |
| Type | Specialist |
| Services | |
| Speciality | Mental health |
| History | |
| Opened | 1814 |
| Closed | 1998 |
| Links | |
| Lists | Hospitals in England |
St Andrew's Hospital was a mental health facility in Thorpe St Andrew, Norwich, Norfolk, England. The main building survives and it is a Grade II listed building. [1]
The hospital, which was designed by Francis Stone using an early corridor layout, opened as the Norfolk County Asylum in May 1814. [2] Wings to the ward blocks, designed by John Brown, were added in 1849 and a large auxiliary building for chronic patients, designed by Robinson Cornish and Gaymer, was completed in 1881. [2] The hospital was requisitioned for military use as the Norfolk War Hospital during the First World War and was then renamed the Norfolk County Mental Hospital in 1919. [2]
The hospital joined the National Health Service as St Andrew's Hospital in 1948. [3] After the introduction of Care in the Community in the early 1980s, the hospital went into a period of decline and closed in April 1998. [2] The main buildings were subsequently converted into apartments as St Andrew's Park. [2]
Northside is unlisted and was designed in 1881; in 2012, two thirds of it were demolished but the clock tower, two ranges on either side, the former mortuary and pavilion were kept. [4] In October 2023 there was a fire which was believed to be arson. [5]
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