Winwick Hospital
Winwick Hospital was a mental health facility at Winwick, Cheshire, England.
Winwick Hospital | |
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North West Boroughs Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust | |
![]() Former Roman Catholic Chapel at Winwick Hospital | |
![]() ![]() Shown in Cheshire | |
Geography | |
Location | Winwick, Cheshire, England |
Coordinates | 53.4299°N 2.6045°W |
Organisation | |
Care system | NHS |
Type | Specialist |
Services | |
Emergency department | N/A |
Speciality | Psychiatric Hospital |
History | |
Opened | 1897 |
Closed | 1997 |
Links | |
Lists | Hospitals in England |
History
The hospital site was previously part of the Winwick Hall estate.[1] The hall, which was initially converted for use as a residential home for boys with mental health difficulties, opened for patients in September 1897.[1] A purpose-built asylum was designed by Henry Crisp, George Oatley and William Swinton Skinner using a Compact Arrow layout and opened as the Fifth Lancashire County Asylum in January 1902.[1] It was requisitioned for military use as the Lord Derby War Hospital during the First World War.[1] After the war the facility became Lancashire County Mental Hospital and it joined the National Health Service as Winwick Hospital in 1948.[2]
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After the introduction of Care in the Community in the early 1980s, the hospital went into a period of decline and closed in March 1997.[1][3] Apart from the Roman Catholic Chapel, all buildings have been demolished and the site redeveloped for residential use.[1] A small facility known as Hollins Park Hospital, which opened in 1999, remains on the site: Hollins Park Hospital is also the headquarters for North West Boroughs Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.[4]
See also
- Lancaster Moor Hospital, the first Lancashire County Asylum
- Prestwich Hospital, the second Lancashire County Lunatic Asylum
- Rainhill Hospital, the third Lancashire County Asylum
- Whittingham Hospital, the fourth Lancashire County Asylum
- Calderstones Hospital, the sixth Lancashire County Asylum
References
- "Winwick Hospital". County Asylums. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
- "Winwick Hospital". National Archives. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
- "Winwick Hospital Remembered... History". Archived from the original on 15 May 2008. Retrieved 4 October 2008.
- "Hollins Park Hospital". North West Boroughs Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. Retrieved 11 April 2019.