St Audry's Hospital

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St Audry's Hospital
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The former St Audry's Hospital converted into residences (photo 2009)
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Shown in Suffolk
Geography
Location Melton, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
Coordinates 52°07′00″N1°20′07″E / 52.1168°N 1.3354°E / 52.1168; 1.3354 Coordinates: 52°07′00″N1°20′07″E / 52.1168°N 1.3354°E / 52.1168; 1.3354
Organisation
Care system Public NHS
Type Long-stay psychiatric
Services
Emergency department No Accident & Emergency
History
Opened1827
Closed1993
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St Audry's Hospital was a psychiatric hospital in Melton, Suffolk, England.

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History

The facility has its origins in a house of industry which was acquired by the county authority in Suffolk in 1827 and converted into a lunatic asylum in 1829. [1] The asylum was re-modeled to a design by Scott and Moffatt in 1844. [1] A chapel was added in 1862, additional ward pavilions were built in an echelon formation in the 1870s and two more ward blocks were completed in 1904. [1]

The facility became St Audry's Hospital for Mental Diseases in 1917. [2] The hospital was closed in 1993, [1] and converted for use as residences. The administration block with the main entrance has been a Grade II listed building since 11 June 1985, [3] and the South Entrance Pavilion has been Grade II listed since 14 November 1997. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "St Audry's Hospital". County Asylums. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
  2. "St Audry's Hospital, Woodbridge". The National Archives. Retrieved 13 November 2010.
  3. "St Audreys Hospital Administration [sic] Block, Melton". British Listed Buildings Online. Retrieved 13 November 2010.
  4. "South Entrance Pavilion at St Audrys Hospital, Melton". British Listed Buildings Online. Retrieved 13 November 2010.