Fair Mile Hospital
The Fair Mile Hospital was a madhouse north of Moulsford and east of Cholsey in Oxfordshire in England.
Under the County Asylum Act of 1845 in Great Britain, all counties were required to provide inpatient treatment for people with mental illness. The hospital was designed by Charles Henry Howell . Construction began in March 1868. The hospital opened as County Lunatic Asylum for Berkshire in 1870 and later became known as Moulsford Asylum. In 1915 it was renamed Berkshire Mental Hospital .
The architect George Thomas Hine designed an extension for the building in 1898. The entire complex became part of the National Health Service in 1948 and was operated under its last name, Fair Mile Hospital . At its peak, the hospital housed more than a thousand patients.
The facility closed in 2003 when usage declined due to modern mental health policies and treatment. The Victorian buildings are largely intact and have been converted into apartments. The housing estate called "Fair Mile" opened in 2011. The preserved buildings are listed.
literature
- Ian Wheeler (2015): Fair Mile Hospital: A Victorian Asylum. The History Press, ISBN 978-0750956031
Individual evidence
Coordinates: 51 ° 33 ′ 50.8 " N , 1 ° 8 ′ 32.8" W.