De la Pole Hospital (also known as De la Pole Psychiatric Hospital) was a mental health facility in Willerby, East Riding of Yorkshire, England.
| De la Pole Hospital | |
|---|---|
 Former staff accommodation at De la Pole Hospital | |
  Shown in the East Riding of Yorkshire | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Willerby, East Riding of Yorkshire, England |
| Coordinates | 53°46′14″N 0°26′30″W / 53.7706°N 0.4418°W |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | NHS |
| Type | Specialist |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | N/A |
| Speciality | Psychiatric Hospital |
| History | |
| Opened | 1883 |
| Closed | 1998 |
| Links | |
| Lists | Hospitals in England |
History
editThe hospital was located on a site previously occupied by De la Pole Farm.[1] It was designed by Frederick Stead Brodrick and Richard George Smith in the Victorian Gothic style, using a courtyard plan and opened as Kingston upon Hull Borough Asylum in December 1883.[1] It became the Willerby Mental Hospital in the 1920s before joining the National Health Service as De la Pole Hospital in 1948.[1]
After the introduction of Care in the Community in the early 1980s, the hospital went into a period of decline and eventually closed in July 1998.[1] The main buildings have been demolished and that part of the site was redeveloped for business unit use.[1] The chapel survives as a Grade II listed building and is now used as part of a crematorium.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e "De la Pole Hospital". County Asylums. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
- ^ Historic England. "Church At De La Pole Hospital (Block 49) (1376808)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 3 December 2012.