St Clement's Hospital was a mental health facility at Foxhall Road in Ipswich, Suffolk, England.
| St Clement's Hospital | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Entrance to St Clement's Hospital | |
  Shown in Suffolk | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Ipswich, England |
| Coordinates | 52°03′03″N 1°11′35″E / 52.0509°N 1.1930°E |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | NHS |
| Type | Specialist |
| Services | |
| Speciality | Mental health |
| History | |
| Opened | 1870 |
| Closed | 2002 |
| Links | |
| Lists | Hospitals in England |
History
editThe hospital, which was designed by William Ribbans in the Italianate style using a single linear corridor layout, opened as the Ipswich Borough Lunatic Asylum in 1870.[1] An extra story was added to the building in the 1890s and it became Ipswich Mental Hospital in 1908.[1] The hospital joined the National Health Service as St Clement's Hospital in 1948.[2]
After the introduction of Care in the Community in the early 1980s, the hospital went into a period of decline and closed in 2002.[1] The main buildings were subsequently converted into offices for administrative use by Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust.[3] This use continued until early 2017 when the buildings were converted into apartments as Belgrove Place.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b c "St Clement's Hospital, Ipswich". County Asylums. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
- ^ "St Clement's Hospital, Norwich". National Archives. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
- ^ "St Clement's Hospital, Ipswich". Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
- ^ "See inside the new apartment homes at the former St Clements Hospital in Ipswich". Ipswich Star. 28 September 2017. Retrieved 18 April 2019.