De la Pole Hospital

De la Pole Hospital was a mental health facility in Willerby, East Riding of Yorkshire, England.

De la Pole Hospital
Former staff accommodation at De la Pole Hospital
Shown in the East Riding of Yorkshire
Geography
LocationWillerby, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
Coordinates53.7706°N 0.4418°W / 53.7706; -0.4418
Organisation
Care systemNHS
TypeSpecialist
Services
Emergency departmentN/A
SpecialityPsychiatric Hospital
History
Opened1883
Closed1998
Links
ListsHospitals in England

History

The hospital was located on a site previously occupied by De la Pole Farm.[1] It was designed by Frederick Stead Brodrick and Richard George Smith in the Victorian Gothic style using a courtyard plan and opened as Kingston upon Hull Borough Asylum in December 1883.[1] It became the Willerby Mental Hospital in the 1920s before joining the National Health Service as De la Pole Hospital in 1948.[1]

After the introduction of Care in the Community in the early 1980s, the hospital went into a period of decline and closed in July 1998.[1] The main buildings have been demolished and that part of the site redeveloped for business unit use.[1] The chapel survives as a Grade II listed building and is now used as part of a crematorium.[2]

References
  1. "De la Pole Hospital". County Asylums. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
  2. Historic England. "Church At De La Pole Hospital (Block 49) (1376808)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 3 December 2012.
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