Barnsley Hall Hospital
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Barnsley Hall Hospital was a psychiatric facility located in Bromsgrove
, Worcestershire
, on a 324 acres (1.3 km²) site purchased by the County Council in 1899. It opened in 1907, to relieve pressure on the county's only existing asylum, Powick Hospital
near Malvern
and to serve the northern part of the county. By 1929 it had reached its capacity of around 720 patients. Additional buildings increased its capacity to about 1,200, but it was heavily populated when it was used as a military hand emergency hospital during the two World Wars. The hospital closed in 1996 and most of the patients were settled into the community.
During its operation it had been known as Worcestershire Mental Hospital (1929 - 1947), Barnsley Hall Mental Hospital (1948), and Barnsley Hall Hospital for Nervous and Mental Diseases (1949 - 1966) and had been administered by several different district, regional, and county authorities. At the time of its closure, it was managed by Worcestershire county, providing a continuation of psychiatric care after the Powick Hospital
closed in 1989.
Originally reserved as an Area of Development Restraint following the closure of the hospital closure, the land has been replaced by residential development as part of a drive to sell off NHS property in order to increase national housing stock in conjunction with a government plan to construct housing at affordable rents, while the sale would boost the NHS
funds. After closure, only the administration block, part of the original complex designed by architect George Thomas Hine, an airing court shelter, and the porter's lodge, were retained. Attempts to get Its landmark water tower listed failed and it was finally demolished in 2000.
Bromsgrove
Bromsgrove is a town in Worcestershire, England. The town is about north east of Worcester and south west of Birmingham city centre. It had a population of 29,237 in 2001 with a small ethnic minority and is in Bromsgrove District.- History :Bromsgrove is first documented in the early 9th century...
, Worcestershire
Worcestershire
Worcestershire is a non-metropolitan county, established in antiquity, located in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes it is a NUTS 3 region and is one of three counties that comprise the "Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire" NUTS 2 region...
, on a 324 acres (1.3 km²) site purchased by the County Council in 1899. It opened in 1907, to relieve pressure on the county's only existing asylum, Powick Hospital
Powick Hospital
Powick Hospital was a psychiatric facility located on outside the village of Powick, Worcestershire. Founded in 1847 as the Worcester County Pauper and Lunatic Asylum, it was designed by architects John R. Hamilton & James Medland of Gloucester and opened in August 1852...
near Malvern
Malvern, Worcestershire
Malvern is a town and civil parish in Worcestershire, England, governed by Malvern Town Council. As of the 2001 census it has a population of 28,749, and includes the historical settlement and commercial centre of Great Malvern on the steep eastern flank of the Malvern Hills, and the former...
and to serve the northern part of the county. By 1929 it had reached its capacity of around 720 patients. Additional buildings increased its capacity to about 1,200, but it was heavily populated when it was used as a military hand emergency hospital during the two World Wars. The hospital closed in 1996 and most of the patients were settled into the community.
During its operation it had been known as Worcestershire Mental Hospital (1929 - 1947), Barnsley Hall Mental Hospital (1948), and Barnsley Hall Hospital for Nervous and Mental Diseases (1949 - 1966) and had been administered by several different district, regional, and county authorities. At the time of its closure, it was managed by Worcestershire county, providing a continuation of psychiatric care after the Powick Hospital
Powick Hospital
Powick Hospital was a psychiatric facility located on outside the village of Powick, Worcestershire. Founded in 1847 as the Worcester County Pauper and Lunatic Asylum, it was designed by architects John R. Hamilton & James Medland of Gloucester and opened in August 1852...
closed in 1989.
Originally reserved as an Area of Development Restraint following the closure of the hospital closure, the land has been replaced by residential development as part of a drive to sell off NHS property in order to increase national housing stock in conjunction with a government plan to construct housing at affordable rents, while the sale would boost the NHS
National Health Service
The National Health Service is the shared name of three of the four publicly funded healthcare systems in the United Kingdom. They provide a comprehensive range of health services, the vast majority of which are free at the point of use to residents of the United Kingdom...
funds. After closure, only the administration block, part of the original complex designed by architect George Thomas Hine, an airing court shelter, and the porter's lodge, were retained. Attempts to get Its landmark water tower listed failed and it was finally demolished in 2000.