Park Prewett Hospital
| Park Prewett Hospital | |
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 A view of the redeveloped Park Prewett Hospital buildings. Now used for housing in Rooksdown. | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Basingstoke, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | Public NHS |
| Type | Psychiatric |
| Services | |
| Beds | 1000 |
| History | |
| Opened | 1917 |
| Closed | 1997 |
| Links | |
| Lists | Hospitals in England |
Park Prewett Hospital, also known as Park Prewett Mental Hospital[1], was a psychiatric hospital northwest of Basingstoke, in the county of Hampshire in England, which operated from 1917 until 1997. The hospital was designed by the noted asylum architect George T. Hine. It was served by its own railway line from 1913 until 1954 from Basingstoke Station[2].
The land on which Park Prewett Hospital stands was originally part of the Park Prewett Farm. Park Prewett [Prevet] was an enclosure dating back to the time of Edward I[3]. It now lies within the newly formed parish of Rooksdown.
Due to the intervention of the first world war, the building was first used by the Canadians as a military hospital. Park Prewett opened as a mental hospital in 1921 and by 1936 catered for 1,400 patients. The hospital returned to military use again during World War II. Part of the hospital - Rooksdown House - was used by Sir Harold Gillies, the pioneering plastic surgeon.
In the late 1990s, the hospital's hall was used as a rave venue.
Park Prewett was bought by English Partnerships in 2005. They have licensed developers Taylor Woodrow for most new building on the site, and Thomas Homes for conversion of many of the old hospital blocks into housing and community facilities. The new housing development is called "Limes Park".
References
- ^ The National Archives - Hospital Records Database. "Park Prewett Hospital, Basingstoke". Retrieved 2010-09-17.
- ^ Hampshire County Council (2008-06-13). "The Railways of Hampshire". Retrieved 2008-10-11.
- ^ A History of the County of Hampshire: Volume 4 (1911). "Parishes - Sherborne St. John - British History Online". Retrieved 2010-09-17.
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