Exminster Hospital is a former mental health facility at Exminster, Devon, England. It is a Grade II* listed building.[1]
| Exminster Hospital | |
|---|---|
 Exminster Hospital, now known as Devington Park | |
  Shown in Devon | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Exminster, Devon, England |
| Coordinates | 50°40′57″N 3°30′13″W / 50.6826°N 3.5035°W |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | NHS |
| Type | Specialist |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | N/A |
| Speciality | Psychiatric Hospital |
| History | |
| Opened | 1845 |
| Closed | 1985 |
| Links | |
| Lists | Hospitals in England |
History
editThe hospital, which was designed by Charles Fowler using a radial plan of the panopticon type, opened as the Devon County Lunatic Asylum in July 1845.[2][3] It was used as military hospital during the First World War and then became known as Devon Mental Hospital in the 1920s.[4]
It was badly bombed during the Second World War[2] and joined the National Health Service as Exminster Hospital in 1948 before becoming known as Exe Vale Hospital (Exminster Branch) in the 1970s.[4] After the introduction of Care in the Community in the early 1980s, the hospital went into a period of decline and closed in July 1985.[2] The main building was converted into apartments between 2001 and 2008 and is now known as Devington Park.[2]
See also
edit- Digby Hospital (a separate branch of Exe Vale Hospital)
References
edit- ^ Historic England. "Former Exe Vale Hospital (Grade II*) (1165495)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
- ^ a b c d "A short history of Devington Park". Retrieved 12 April 2019.
- ^ "Exminster". County Asylums. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
- ^ a b "Exminster Hospital, Exminster". National Archives. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
