Mapperley Hospital

Mapperley Hospital is a mental health facility on Porchester Road in Nottingham, England.

Mapperley Hospital
Mapperley Hospital
Shown in Nottinghamshire
Geography
LocationMapperley, Nottinghamshire, England
Coordinates52.9799°N 1.1276°W / 52.9799; -1.1276
Organisation
Care systemNHS
TypeSpecialist
Services
Emergency departmentN/A
SpecialityPsychiatric Hospital
History
Opened1880
Closed1994
Links
ListsHospitals in England

History

The hospital, which was designed by George Thomas Hine using a linear corridor layout, opened as the Nottingham Borough Lunatic Asylum in August 1880.[1][2] It was extended in 1889 and joined the National Health Service as Mapperley Hospital in 1948.[1]

After the introduction of Care in the Community in the early 1980s, the hospital went into a period of decline and closed in December 1994.[1] The north end of the main building has been renamed "Duncan Macmillan House" and is now used as the headquarters of the Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust[3] while the south end of the main building has been renamed "Nightingale House" and has been converted into apartments.[4] Meanwhile, a modern mental health facility, known as the Wells Road Centre, has been established to the west of the site and provides low secure in-patient services.[5]

References
  1. "Mapperley Hospital". County Asylums. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  2. T. Fry, 'Mapperley Hospital: The Beginning and the End' in Nottingham Civic Society Newsletter, 97, pp. 21-22
  3. "Contact us". Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  4. "The Chapel and theatre at Mapperley Hospital, Porchester Road" (PDF). Nottingham City Council. 19 March 2014. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  5. "The Wells Road Centre". Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
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