Brentry Hospital

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Brentry Hospital
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Brentry House, one of the hospital buildings
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Geography
Location Brentry, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
Coordinates 51°30′19″N2°36′47″W / 51.5052°N 2.6130°W / 51.5052; -2.6130
Organisation
Care system Public NHS
Type Psychiatric
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History
Opened1898
Closed2000
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Brentry Hospital was a hospital in Brentry, a northern suburb of Bristol, England. The building was constructed as a family home, one among many English country houses for the Somerset gentry. Now known as Repton Hall, after its famous architect, it has been converted into residential apartments. [1]

History

Brentry House, which was commissioned by William Payne, a Bristol merchant, and designed by Humphry Repton and his son John was completed in 1802. [1] [2] It was acquired by John Cave, a banker, in around 1817 and then by the Miller family in the 1850s. [2]

The house was converted to become the main administration block for the Brentry Certified Inebriate Reformatory in 1898. [2] The facility became an institution for the mentally ill as the Brentry Certified Institution in 1922 and was renamed the Brentry Colony in 1930. [3] [4] It joined the National Health Service as Brentry Hospital in 1948. [5] After the hospital closed in 2000, [6] the main building was converted into residential apartments and became known as Repton Hall. [1]

The hospital site now forms a major component of the Brentry Conservation Area. [7] The grounds, which are now known as Royal Victoria Park, are Grade II listed by English Heritage in the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Historic England. "Repton Hall, Charlton Road (Grade II) (1202057)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 6 December 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Historic England. "Royal Victoria Park (formerly Brentry House) (Grade II) (1000360)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 6 December 2014.
  3. J. Jancar (1987). "The History of Mental Handicap in Bristol and Bath" (PDF). Retrieved 7 January 2010.
  4. "Psychiatric hospital was built during Victorian times". Bristol Post. 11 April 2011. Archived from the original on 8 December 2014. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
  5. "Brentry Hospital, Bristol". National Archives. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
  6. Glenside Museum website Archived 3 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  7. "Brentry Conservation Area, Bristol Local Plan" (PDF). Bristol City Council. 1997. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 January 2012. Retrieved 7 September 2011.