Torridge_Hospital

Torridge Hospital

Torridge Hospital

Hospital in Devon, England

Torridge Hospital was a health facility in Meddon Street, Bideford, Devon, England. It has been converted into apartments and remains a Grade II listed building.[1]

Quick Facts Geography, Location ...

History

The facility, which was designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott and William Bonython Moffatt, opened as the Bideford Union Workhouse in 1838.[2] An isolation block was added in the 1880s and a new infirmary was completed in 1903.[2] It became the Whitehouse Public Assistance Institution in 1930 and joined the National Health Service in 1948 before evolving into a geriatric facility.[3] After the hospital closed in around 1993[4] the main building was converted into apartments as Westcroft Court.[5]

References

  1. [1]
    Historic England. "Main Building, Bideford and Torridge Hospital (1200925)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  2. [2]
    "Bideford". Workhouses. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  3. [3]
    "Annual Report 1960". Bideford Council. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  4. [4]
    "Volume: Torridge Hospital, formerly Bideford Union Workhouse, Bideford". Historic England. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  5. [5]
    "Bideford Union Workhouse". Pastscape. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Torridge_Hospital, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.