Whitecroft
Whitecroft pauper lunatic asylum was built in 1896. The hospital was designed by Mr. B. Jacobs of East Yorkshire. It was built by Messrs Garlick & Horton. The building consisted of a system of blocks that were each of two storeys high. It included a laundry, administration block, accommodation for a Superintendent and an unmarried Medical Officer, a dining hall, six cottages for attendants and a water tower.
Previously patients had been treated on the mainland at Knowle hospital at great cost in patient transport. The hospital was in many respects a miniature to those constructed on the mainland.
The hospital continued in its role providing healthcare for about 300 patients for the next hundred years. Becoming known as Whitecroft hospital midway through the 20th century. During the 1980s the hospital was becoming unsuitable for modern needs and began to move towards closure with the gradual shutting down of the wards. By 1997 only the laundry remained in use.
In 2002 a proposal for the development of the old hospital was proposed but demolition of most of the buildings on the site did not start until March 2006. Building work started in 2008, only to be stopped halfway through the turning the former hospital into houses.
Previously patients had been treated on the mainland at Knowle hospital at great cost in patient transport. The hospital was in many respects a miniature to those constructed on the mainland.
The hospital continued in its role providing healthcare for about 300 patients for the next hundred years. Becoming known as Whitecroft hospital midway through the 20th century. During the 1980s the hospital was becoming unsuitable for modern needs and began to move towards closure with the gradual shutting down of the wards. By 1997 only the laundry remained in use.
In 2002 a proposal for the development of the old hospital was proposed but demolition of most of the buildings on the site did not start until March 2006. Building work started in 2008, only to be stopped halfway through the turning the former hospital into houses.
