| Winwick Hospital | |
|---|---|
| North West Boroughs Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust | |
 Former Roman Catholic Chapel at Winwick Hospital | |
  Shown in Cheshire | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Winwick, Cheshire, England |
| Coordinates | 53°25′48″N2°36′16″W / 53.4299°N 2.6045°W |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | NHS |
| Type | Specialist |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | N/A |
| Speciality | Psychiatric Hospital |
| History | |
| Opened | 1897 |
| Closed | 1997 |
| Links | |
| Lists | Hospitals in England |
Winwick Hospital was a mental health facility at Winwick, Cheshire, England.
The hospital site was previously part of the Winwick Hall estate. [1] The hall, which was initially converted for use as a residential home for boys with mental health difficulties, opened for patients in September 1897. [1] A purpose-built asylum was designed by Henry Crisp, George Oatley and William Swinton Skinner using a Compact Arrow layout and opened as the Fifth Lancashire County Asylum in January 1902. [1] It was requisitioned for military use as the Lord Derby War Hospital during the First World War. [1] After the war the facility became Lancashire County Mental Hospital and it joined the National Health Service as Winwick 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 March 1997. [1] [3] Apart from the Roman Catholic Chapel, all buildings have been demolished and the site redeveloped for residential use. [1] A small facility known as Hollins Park Hospital, which opened in 1999, remains on the site: Hollins Park Hospital is also the headquarters for North West Boroughs Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. [4]