St. Clements Hospital
St Clements Hospital was a Victorian mental health hospital in Mile End, in the East End of London. It closed in 2005.
[edit] History
The buildings were originally built in 1848-49 as a workhouse, for the Board of Guardians of the City of London Union. It became an infirmary for the CLU in 1874, and in 1912 the Bow Institution for the long-term sick. In 1936 it became a psychiatric unit, under the St Clements name again. It became part of the London Hospital in 1968 and went through various organisational changes until closure in 2005. Services were transferred to a new Adult Mental Health Facility at Mile End Hospital in October 2005.
The site is now owned by the Homes & Communities Agency, who intend to create 275 new dwellings on the site.[1] Local campaigners are advocating that it become the site of the UK's first urban Community Land Trust.[1]
[edit] Notes and references
- ^ "Hat-trick of homes successes". Tower Hamlets Council. 2009-04-08. http://www.towerhamlets.gov.uk/news/council_news_-_dont_edit/april/hat-trick_of_homes_successes.aspx. Retrieved 2009-09-08.
Coordinates: 51°31′33″N 0°1′46″W / 51.52583°N 0.02944°W
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