Mapperley Hospital
Mapperley Hospital is a mental health facility on Porchester Road in Nottingham, England.
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Shown in Nottinghamshire | |
Geography | |
Location | Mapperley, Nottinghamshire, England |
Coordinates | 52.9799°N 1.1276°W |
Organisation | |
Care system | NHS |
Type | Specialist |
Services | |
Emergency department | N/A |
Speciality | Psychiatric Hospital |
History | |
Opened | 1880 |
Closed | 1994 |
Links | |
Lists | Hospitals 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
- "Mapperley Hospital". County Asylums. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
- T. Fry, 'Mapperley Hospital: The Beginning and the End' in Nottingham Civic Society Newsletter, 97, pp. 21-22
- "Contact us". Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
- "The Chapel and theatre at Mapperley Hospital, Porchester Road" (PDF). Nottingham City Council. 19 March 2014. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
- "The Wells Road Centre". Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. Retrieved 15 April 2019.