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 | |
| Location | Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England |
| Coordinates | 53.39°N 1.484°W |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | Public |
| Type | General |
| Affiliated university | None |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | No |
| History | |
| Opened | 1792 |
| Closed | 1980 |
| Links | |
| Lists | Hospitals in England |
History
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]
References
- Historic England. "Heritage House (1270452)". National Heritage List for England.
- Leader, Robert Eadon (1876). Reminiscences of Old Sheffield: Its Streets and Its People. General Books. ISBN 978-1150119125.
- Harman, Ruth; Minnis, John (2004). "Pevsner City Guide: Sheffield". Yale University Press. p. 283. ISBN 978-0300105858.
- "Royal Infirmary, Sheffield". National Archives. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
- "Nuclear fallout in Sheffield". BBC. Retrieved 22 October 2018.