Torridge Hospital

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Torridge Hospital
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Torridge Hospital
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Shown in Devon
Geography
LocationMeddon Street, Bideford, Devon, England
Coordinates 51°00′55″N4°12′42″W / 51.0152°N 4.2118°W / 51.0152; -4.2118 Coordinates: 51°00′55″N4°12′42″W / 51.0152°N 4.2118°W / 51.0152; -4.2118
Organisation
Care system NHS
Hospital type Geriatric
History
Founded1838
Closedc.1993
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Torridge Hospital was a health facility in Meddon Street, Bideford, Devon, England. It has been converted into apartments and remains a Grade II listed building. [1]

History

The facility, which was designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott and William Bonython Moffatt, opened as the Bideford Union Workhouse in 1838. [2] An isolation block was added in the 1880s and a new infirmary was completed in 1903. [2] It became the Whitehouse Public Assistance Institution in 1930 and joined the National Health Service in 1948 before evolving into a geriatric facility. [3] After the hospital closed in around 1993 [4] the main building was converted into apartments as Westcroft Court. [5]

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References

  1. Historic England. "Main Building, Bideford and Torridge Hospital (1200925)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  2. 1 2 "Bideford". Workhouses. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  3. "Annual Report 1960". Bideford Council. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  4. "Volume: Torridge Hospital, formerly Bideford Union Workhouse, Bideford". Historic England. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  5. "Bideford Union Workhouse". Pastscape. Retrieved 12 January 2020.