St Audry's Hospital was a psychiatric hospital in Melton, Suffolk, England.
St Audry's Hospital | |
---|---|
![]() The former St Audry's Hospital converted into residences (photo 2009) | |
Geography | |
Location | Melton, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom |
Coordinates | 52°07′00″N 1°20′07″E / 52.1168°N 1.3354°E |
Organisation | |
Care system | Public NHS |
Type | Long-stay psychiatric |
Services | |
Emergency department | No Accident & Emergency |
History | |
Opened | 1827 |
Closed | 1993 |
Links | |
Lists | Hospitals in England |
History
The facility has its origins in a house of industry which was acquired by the county authority in Suffolk in 1827 and converted into a lunatic asylum in 1829.[1] The asylum was re-modeled to a design by Scott and Moffatt in 1844.[1] A chapel was added in 1862, additional ward pavilions were built in an echelon formation in the 1870s and two more ward blocks were completed in 1904.[1]
The facility became St Audry's Hospital for Mental Diseases in 1917.[2] The hospital was closed in 1993,[1] and converted for use as residences. The administration block with the main entrance has been a Grade II listed building since 11 June 1985,[3] and the South Entrance Pavilion has been Grade II listed since 14 November 1997.[4]
References
External links
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png)