Lancaster Moor Hospital
| Lancaster Moor Hospital | |
|---|---|
 The 1816 building in 2008 | |
  Location in Lancaster | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Lancaster, Lancashire, England |
| Coordinates | 54°02′56″N 2°46′19″W / 54.049°N 2.772°WCoordinates: 54°02′56″N 2°46′19″W / 54.049°N 2.772°W |
| Organisation | |
| Hospital type | Specialist |
| Services | |
| Speciality | Psychiatry |
| History | |
| Founded | 1816 |
| Closed | 2000 |
Listed Building – Grade II* | |
| Official name | Moor Hospital, Blocks 40, 41, 42, 44 and 46 |
| Designated | 24 January 1994 |
| Reference no. | 1289436 |
Listed Building – Grade II | |
| Official name | Moor Hospital, New Block |
| Designated | 24 January 1994 |
| Reference no. | 1195079 |
Listed Building – Grade II | |
| Official name | Boundary walls, railings, gates and gate piers at Lancaster Moor Hospital |
| Designated | 13 September 2006 |
| Reference no. | 1391761 |
Lancaster Moor Hospital, formerly the Lancaster County Lunatic Asylum and Lancaster County Mental Hospital, was a mental hospital in Lancaster, Lancashire, England, which closed in 2000 (the mental health departments may have left in 1991, but others remained).
It was opened in 1816 in a building by architect Thomas Standen; a further building, known as "The Annexe" was opened in 1883, designed by Arnold W. Kershaw in gothic style and is grade II listed[1] as are its walls, railings, and gateways.[2] The hospital's chapel was built in 1866 by E. G. Paley and is grade II listed.[3]
The hospital was a pioneering site for the humane treatment of the mentally ill.[4] The writer Alan Bennett describes his mother's treatment in the hospital in his memoirs.[4]
Since the hospital's closure in 2000, the Annexe and chapel have been converted into apartments, and houses are being built in the grounds.[5][6]
See also
- Grade II* listed buildings in Lancashire
- Listed buildings in Lancaster, Lancashire
- Rainhill Hospital, the third Lancashire County Asylum
- Whittingham Hospital, the fourth Lancashire County Asylum
References
- ↑ Historic England. "Moor Hospital, New Block (1195079)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
- ↑ Historic England. "Boundary walls, railings, gates and gate piers at Lancaster Moor Hospital (1391761)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
- ↑ Historic England. "Church of St Michael, Moor Hospital (1289454)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
- 1 2 Woodend, Joscelin (18 December 2013). "The Evolution of the Treatment of the Mentally Ill: How Lancaster County Lunatic Asylum Changed the Face of Treatment". New Histories The free online History magazine. 5 (2). Retrieved 2 July 2014.
- ↑ Riley, Sue (5 February 2013). "Lancaster's Moor Hospital to be transformed in multi-million pound housing property development". Lancashire Life. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
- ↑ Law, Cally (4 May 2014). "Asylum seekers". Sunday Times. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lancaster Moor Hospital. |
- "Lancaster Moor Hospital, Lancaster". Hospital Records Database. The National Archives. Retrieved 2 July 2014. Index of locations of records of the hospital
- Williams, Amanda (7 August 2013). "Forgotten medical records, theatre lights and abandoned wards: An eerie look inside what remains of a derelict 19th century hospital". Daily Mail. Retrieved 2 July 2014. Photographs of the hospital buildings in 2013