Exminster Hospital
| Exminster Hospital | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Exminster, Devon, England |
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| Organisation | |
| Care system | NHS |
| Type | Specialist |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | N/A |
| Speciality | Psychiatric Hospital |
| History | |
| Opened | 1845 |
| Closed | 1985 |
| Links | |
| Lists | Hospitals in England |
Exminster Hospital is a former mental health facility at Exminster, Devon, England. It is a Grade II* listed building.[1]
History
[edit | edit source]The hospital, which was designed by Charles Fowler using a radial plan of the panopticon type, opened as the Devon County Lunatic Asylum in July 1845.[2][3] It was used as military hospital during the First World War and then became known as Devon Mental Hospital in the 1920s.[4]
It was badly bombed during the Second World War[2] and joined the National Health Service as Exminster Hospital in 1948 before becoming known as Exe Vale Hospital (Exminster Branch) in the 1970s.[4] After the introduction of Care in the Community in the early 1980s, the hospital went into a period of decline and closed in July 1985.[2] The main building was converted into apartments between 2001 and 2008 and is now known as Devington Park.[2]
See also
[edit | edit source]- Digby Hospital (a separate branch of Exe Vale Hospital)
- Wonford House Hospital
References
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- Defunct hospitals in England
- Hospitals in Devon
- Hospital buildings completed in 1845
- Hospitals established in 1845
- 1845 establishments in England
- Former psychiatric hospitals in England
- Grade II* listed buildings in Devon
- Hospitals disestablished in 1985
- 1985 disestablishments in England
- United Kingdom listed building stubs