Rubery Hill Hospital
Hospital in West Midlands, England
52°23′54″N 2°00′51″W / 52.3982°N 2.0143°W / 52.3982; -2.0143Rubery Hill Hospital was a mental health facility in Birmingham, England. The chapel, which still survives, is a Grade II listed building.[1]
History
The hospital, which was designed by William Martin and John Henry Chamberlain using a Standard Pavilion layout, opened as the Second Birmingham City Asylum in January 1882.[2][3] Additional ward pavilions were completed in 1897.[2] It became the 1st Birmingham War Hospital during the First World War and then became Rubery Hill Mental Hospital in 1919.[2] During the Second World War it remained a civilian establishment.[2] It joined the National Health Service as Rubery Hill 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 1993.[2] Most of the buildings were subsequently demolished.[2]
References
- ^ Historic England. "Chapel at Rubery Hill Hospital (1276164)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Rubery Hill Hospital". County Asylums. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
- ^ "Rubery Hill Hospital, Birmingham". National Archives. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
