Coney Hill Hospital

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Coney Hill Hospital
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Former administration block at Coney Hill Hospital
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Shown in Gloucestershire
Geography
Location Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England
Coordinates 51°50′55″N2°12′20″W / 51.8486°N 2.2055°W / 51.8486; -2.2055 Coordinates: 51°50′55″N2°12′20″W / 51.8486°N 2.2055°W / 51.8486; -2.2055
Organisation
Care system NHS
Type Specialist
Services
Emergency department N/A
Speciality Psychiatric Hospital
History
Opened1883
Closed1994
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Coney Hill Hospital (also known as Second Gloucestershire County Asylum) was a mental health facility in Gloucester, England.

History

The hospital site formed part of the Barnwood Mill Estate. [1] It was designed by John Giles & Gough and opened as the Second Gloucestershire County Asylum in 1883. [1] It was the first asylum to be built in true echelon plan. [2] Outer sections to the echelon were planned but never implemented. [1] After the First World War it became the Gloucestershire County Mental Hospital and it joined the National Health Service as Coney Hill Hospital in 1948. [3]

After the introduction of Care in the Community in the early 1980s, the hospital went into a period of decline and closed on 31 December 1994. [1] In 1999, the hospital was largely destroyed by fire. [4] The buildings, with the exception of the administration block, were demolished and the hospital site now forms part of the Abbeymead residential area. [5] The administration block was converted into apartments in 2007. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Coney Hill Hospital". County Asylums. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  2. Richardson, Harriet (1999). English Hospitals, 1660-1948: A Survey of Their Architecture and Design. Royal Commission on Historical Monuments. p. 174. ISBN   978-1873592298.
  3. "Coney Hill Hospital". National Archives. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  4. "Photo: The Coney Hill Hospital in Gloucester, otherwise known as the ' Gloucester Second County Lunatic Asylum '. The hospital was opened in 1883, closed in 1994, and gutted by fire 1999. Most of the buildings have been demolished, but the Clock Tower was retained and converted into flats in 2007. Charles Green was transferred to this hospital on 24 September 1884 from the original Gloucester County Lunatic Asylum in Wotton. By the time he was transferred he had already been institutionalised for about 8 years and was 55 years old. Charles would spend the next 15 years here and die here on 11 November 1899., 2011". www.davidwithers.kgbinternet.com. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
  5. "Coney Hill Hospital and Clock Tower" (PDF). Gloucester City Council. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  6. "Coney Hill Hospital". My Family History. Retrieved 12 April 2019.