Torridge Hospital

Torridge Hospital was a health facility in Meddon Street, Bideford, Devon, England. It has been converted into apartments and remains a Grade II listed building.[1]

Torridge Hospital
Torridge Hospital
Torridge Hospital is located in Devon
Torridge Hospital
Shown in Devon
Geography
LocationMeddon Street, Bideford, Devon, England
Coordinates51.0152°N 4.2118°W / 51.0152; -4.2118
Organisation
Care systemNHS
TypeGeriatric
History
Opened1838
Closedc.1993
Links
ListsHospitals in England

History

The facility, which was designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott and William Bonython Moffatt, opened as the Bideford Union Workhouse in 1838.[2] An isolation block was added in the 1880s and a new infirmary was completed in 1903.[2] It became the Whitehouse Public Assistance Institution in 1930 and joined the National Health Service in 1948 before evolving into a geriatric facility.[3] After the hospital closed in around 1993[4] the main building was converted into apartments as Westcroft Court.[5]

References
  1. Historic England. "Main Building, Bideford and Torridge Hospital (1200925)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  2. "Bideford". Workhouses. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  3. "Annual Report 1960". Bideford Council. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  4. "Volume: Torridge Hospital, formerly Bideford Union Workhouse, Bideford". Historic England. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  5. "Bideford Union Workhouse". Pastscape. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
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