St Francis Hospital was a mental health facility in Haywards Heath, West Sussex, England. The main building survives and is a Grade II listed building.[1]
| St Francis Hospital | |
|---|---|
.jpg) St Francis Hospital, Haywards Heath | |
  Shown in West Sussex | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Hayward's Heath, England |
| Coordinates | 50°59′21″N 0°05′48″W / 50.9893°N 0.0967°W |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | NHS |
| Type | Specialist |
| Services | |
| Speciality | Mental health |
| History | |
| Opened | 1859 |
| Closed | 1995 |
| Links | |
| Lists | Hospitals in England |
History
editThe hospital, which was designed by Henry Edward Kendall Jr. in the Italianate style using a corridor plan layout, opened as the Sussex County Asylum in July 1859.[2] An extra storey was added to the ward blocks in 1864.[2] It became the Brighton County Borough Asylum in 1903 and the Brighton County Borough Mental Hospital in 1919 before joining the National Health Service as St Francis Hospital in 1948.[3]
After the introduction of Care in the Community in the early 1980s, the hospital went into a period of decline and part of the site was made available to facilitate the construction of the Princess Royal Hospital in the late 1980s.[2] St Francis Hospital briefly became the west wing of the Princess Royal Hospital in 1992 but closed completely in November 1995.[2] The site was subsequently developed for residential use as Southdowns Park.[2][4]
References
edit- ^ Historic England. "Main block of St Francis Hospital (1025505)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
- ^ a b c d e "St Francis Hospital, Haywards Heath". County Asylums. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
- ^ "Princess Royal Hospital (East Wing), Haywards Heath". National Archives. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
- ^ "Southdowns Park". Armfield Construction. Retrieved 18 April 2019.