St_Audry's_Hospital

St Audry's Hospital

St Audry's Hospital

Hospital in England

St Audry's Hospital was a psychiatric hospital in Melton, Suffolk, England.

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History

The facility has its origins in a house of industry which was acquired by the county authority in Suffolk in 1827 and converted into a lunatic asylum in 1829.[1] The asylum was re-modeled to a design by Scott and Moffatt in 1844.[1] A chapel was added in 1862, additional ward pavilions were built in an echelon formation in the 1870s and two more ward blocks were completed in 1904.[1]

The facility became St Audry's Hospital for Mental Diseases in 1917.[2] The hospital was closed in 1993,[1] and converted for use as residences. The administration block with the main entrance has been a Grade II listed building since 11 June 1985,[3] and the South Entrance Pavilion has been Grade II listed since 14 November 1997.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    "St Audry's Hospital". County Asylums. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
  2. [2]
    "St Audry's Hospital, Woodbridge". The National Archives. Retrieved 13 November 2010.
  3. [3]
    "St Audreys Hospital Administration [sic] Block, Melton". British Listed Buildings Online. Retrieved 13 November 2010.
  4. [4]
    "South Entrance Pavilion at St Audrys Hospital, Melton". British Listed Buildings Online. Retrieved 13 November 2010.
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