St Mary's Hospital, Portsmouth

St Mary's Hospital
Solent NHS Trust
St Mary's Hospital
St Mary's Hospital, Portsmouth is located in Hampshire
St Mary's Hospital, Portsmouth
Shown in Hampshire
Geography
LocationMilton Road, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England
Coordinates50°48′01″N 1°03′49″W / 50.8002°N 1.0635°W / 50.8002; -1.0635
Organisation
Care systemNHS
TypeCommunity
History
Opened1846
Links
Websitewww.solent.nhs.uk
ListsHospitals in England

St Mary's Hospital is a health facility in Milton Road, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England. It is managed by Solent NHS Trust.

History

The main block of the old workhouse (now converted into flats)

The facility has its origins in the Portsea Island Union Workhouse which was designed by Augustus Livesay and Thomas Ellis Owen and which opened in 1846.[1] A new infirmary block, designed by Charles Bevis, was added in 1896.[2] The infirmary block was extended by the addition of a ward block and a maternity block in 1908.[2] Further ward blocks were added in 1911.[2]

The facility became St Mary's Hospital in 1930 and joined the National Health Service in 1948.[3] The main block of the old workhouse was converted into flats and re-named "St Mary's House" in 1990.[4]

In May 2018 the trust announced plans to refurbish the buildings and turn the site into a health campus.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Portsea Island". Workhouses. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
  2. ^ a b c "Portsea Island Union Workhouse". Pastscape. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
  3. ^ "St Mary's Hospital, Portsmouth". National Archives. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
  4. ^ Historic England. "St Mary's House including lodge and community centre (1387196)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
  5. ^ "£10m project to make Portsmouth hospital into health hub". Portsmouth News. 10 May 2018. Retrieved 31 December 2019.

Further reading

  • Norman, Bob (1988). Portsea workhouse project (Archaeology and education). Department of Archaeology, University of Southampton. ISBN 978-0854322954.