Shelton Hospital

Shelton Hospital was a mental health facility in Shelton, Shropshire, England. The main building survives and it is a Grade II listed building.[1]

Shelton Hospital
Entrance to Shelton Hospital
Shown in Shropshire
Geography
LocationShelton, Shropshire, England
Coordinates52.7120°N 2.8015°W / 52.7120; -2.8015
Organisation
Care systemNHS
TypeSpecialist
Services
SpecialityMental health
History
Opened1845
Closed2012
Links
ListsHospitals in England

History

The hospital, which was designed by George Gilbert Scott and William Bonython Moffatt using a corridor layout, opened as the Shropshire and Wenlock Borough Lunatic Asylum in March 1845.[2] A major extension, involving five extra wards, was completed in 1884.[2] It became Salop Mental Hospital in 1921 and saw service as the Copthorne and Shelton Emergency Hospital during the Second World War.[3]

Shortly after reaching its peak population of 1,027 patients in 1947,[4] the facility joined the National Health Service as Shelton Hospital in 1948.[2] On 26 February 1968, tragedy struck the hospital when a fire ripped through a female ward, killing 21 patients.[5]

After the introduction of Care in the Community in the early 1980s, the hospital went into a period of decline and closed in September 2012.[2][6] The main buildings were subsequently converted into apartments as Leighton Park.[7] Meanwhile, a modern mental health facility known as the Redwoods Centre has been established a little south of the old hospital.[8]

References
  1. Historic England. "Shelton Hospital (1270532)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  2. "Shelton Hospital". County Asylums. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  3. "Shelton Hospital". National Archives. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  4. "Shelton Hospital". The Time Chamber. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  5. "1968: Hospital blaze kills 21 patients". BBC. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  6. "Shelton Hospital memories sought as former asylum shuts". BBC. 22 May 2012. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  7. "Leighton Park". Shropshire Homes. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  8. "Redwoods mental health centre opens in Shrewsbury". BBC. 13 September 2012. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
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