Sheffield Royal Infirmary

The Royal Infirmary was a hospital in Upperthorpe, Sheffield, South Yorkshire.

Sheffield Royal Infirmary
The former infirmary
Shown in South Yorkshire
Geography
LocationSheffield, South Yorkshire, England
Coordinates53.39°N 1.484°W / 53.39; -1.484
Organisation
Care systemPublic
TypeGeneral
Affiliated universityNone
Services
Emergency departmentNo
History
Opened1792
Closed1980
Links
ListsHospitals in England

History
The nurses' home

The establishment was designed by John Rawsthorne and opened as the Sheffield General Infirmary in 1792.[1] The first three surgeons to work at the hospital were Mr. Cheney, Mr. C.H Webb and Mr. William Staniforth.[2]

A new south-east wing designed by John Dodsley Webster was completed in 1884.[1] The new wing accommodated an octagonal outpatients department which was lit by a cupola. It had a roof of wrought iron lattice girders and a tiled waiting room with the consulting rooms leading off it.[3]

A nurses' home, also designed by John Dodsley Webster and named "Centenary House", was completed in 1897,[3] the year in which the hospital was renamed The Royal Infirmary, Sheffield.[4]

The infirmary joined the National Health Service in 1948 and, after services had transferred to the Royal Hallamshire Hospital, it closed in 1980.[4] Some of the buildings were subsequently demolished, but the original block along with its south-east and south-west wings, which remains a Grade II* listed building, was renamed Heritage House and converted into offices.[1]

The empty infirmary building was used for filming a casualty scene from an imagined nuclear attack on Sheffield in the 1984 film Threads.[5]

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References
  1. Historic England. "Heritage House (1270452)". National Heritage List for England.
  2. Leader, Robert Eadon (1876). Reminiscences of Old Sheffield: Its Streets and Its People. General Books. ISBN 978-1150119125.
  3. Harman, Ruth; Minnis, John (2004). "Pevsner City Guide: Sheffield". Yale University Press. p. 283. ISBN 978-0300105858.
  4. "Royal Infirmary, Sheffield". National Archives. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  5. "Nuclear fallout in Sheffield". BBC. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
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