St Clement's Hospital, Ipswich

St Clement's Hospital
Entrance to St Clement's Hospital
St Clement's Hospital, Ipswich is located in Suffolk
St Clement's Hospital, Ipswich
Shown in Suffolk
Geography
LocationIpswich, England
Coordinates52°03′03″N 1°11′35″E / 52.0509°N 1.1930°E / 52.0509; 1.1930
Organisation
Care systemNHS
TypeSpecialist
Services
SpecialityMental health
History
Opened1870
Closed2002
Links
ListsHospitals in England

St Clement's Hospital was a mental health facility at Foxhall Road in Ipswich, Suffolk, England.

History

The 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

  1. ^ a b c "St Clement's Hospital, Ipswich". County Asylums. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  2. ^ "St Clement's Hospital, Norwich". National Archives. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  3. ^ "St Clement's Hospital, Ipswich". Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  4. ^ "See inside the new apartment homes at the former St Clements Hospital in Ipswich". Ipswich Star. 28 September 2017. Retrieved 18 April 2019.