St Clement's Hospital, Ipswich

St Clement's Hospital was a mental health facility at Foxhall Road in Ipswich, Suffolk, England.

St Clement's Hospital
Entrance to St Clement's Hospital
St Clement's Hospital, Ipswich is located in Suffolk
St Clement's Hospital, Ipswich
Shown in Suffolk
Geography
LocationIpswich, England
Coordinates52.0509°N 1.1930°E / 52.0509; 1.1930
Organisation
Care systemNHS
TypeSpecialist
Services
SpecialityMental health
History
Opened1870
Closed2002
Links
ListsHospitals in England

History

The hospital, which was designed by William Ribbans in the Italianate style using a single linear corridor layout, opened as the Ipswich Borough Lunatic Asylum in 1870.[1] An extra story was added to the building in the 1890s and it became Ipswich Mental Hospital in 1908.[1] The hospital joined the National Health Service as St Clement's Hospital in 1948.[2]

After the introduction of Care in the Community in the early 1980s, the hospital went into a period of decline and closed in 2002.[1] The main buildings were subsequently converted into offices for administrative use by Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust.[3] This use continued until early 2017 when the buildings were converted into apartments as Belgrove Place.[4]

References
  1. "St Clement's Hospital, Ipswich". County Asylums. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  2. "St Clement's Hospital, Norwich". National Archives. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  3. "St Clement's Hospital, Ipswich". Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  4. "See inside the new apartment homes at the former St Clements Hospital in Ipswich". Ipswich Star. 28 September 2017. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
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