Stratford Hospital

Stratford Hospital is a heath facility on Arden Street, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England. It is managed by South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust.

Stratford Hospital
South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust
The new Stratford Hospital facilities
Geography
LocationArden Street, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England
Coordinates52.1952°N 1.7136°W / 52.1952; -1.7136
Organisation
Care systemNational Health Service
TypeGeneral
History
Opened1823 (1823)
Links
ListsHospitals in England

History
The DoubleTree by Hilton Stratford-upon-Avon which retains the original clock tower and much of the exterior features of the old Victorian hospital

The facility has its origins in the Stratford-upon-Avon Dispensary established in Chapel Street in 1823.[1] It moved to expanded facilities in Chapel Lane as the Stratford-upon-Avon Infirmary in 1838.[1]

A new facility built in the Victorian style opened in Alcester Road as the Stratford-upon-Avon Hospital in 1884.[1][2] The hospital expanded in the first half of the 20th century taking over many of the old workhouse buildings on Arden Street to the immediate north of the old Victorian hospital.[3] The facility joined the National Health Service in 1948 and, after new buildings had been built on the old workhouse site, the old Victorian hospital was sold and rebuilt, albeit retaining the original clock tower and much of the exterior features, as a hotel (now known as the DoubleTree by Hilton Stratford-upon-Avon) in 1996.[4]

A new building, which was built by Speller Metcalfe on the Arden Street site at a cost of £22 million, was completed in July 2017.[5]

References
  1. "Stratford-upon-Avon Hospital, Stratford-upon-Avon". National Archives. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
  2. "Growing up in Stratford-upon-Avon in the 1940s". Our Warwickshire. Archived from the original on 18 January 2020. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
  3. "Stratford-upon-Avon". Workhouses. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
  4. "The Stratford Hotel". The Telegraph. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
  5. "The Observer takes a closer look at Stratford Hospital". Stratford Observer. 12 August 2017. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
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