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St Francis Hospital, Haywards Heath

St Francis Hospital, Haywards Heath

Hospital in Hayward's Heath, England

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]

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History

The 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

  1. [1]
    Historic England. "Main block of St Francis Hospital (1025505)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  2. [2]
    "St Francis Hospital, Haywards Heath". County Asylums. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  3. [3]
    "Princess Royal Hospital (East Wing), Haywards Heath". National Archives. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  4. [4]
    "Southdowns Park". Armfield Construction. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
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