Nether Edge Hospital

Nether Edge Hospital
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
The Kingswood Building
Shown in South Yorkshire
Geography
LocationUnion Road, Nether Edge, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Coordinates53°21′39″N 1°29′54″W / 53.3609°N 1.4982°W / 53.3609; -1.4982
Organisation
Care systemPublic NHS
Services
Emergency departmentNo Accident & Emergency
History
Opened1844
Closed1990
Links
ListsHospitals in the United Kingdom

The Nether Edge Hospital was a health facility on Union Road, in Nether Edge near Sheffield, South Yorkshire. The main building, known as the Kingswood Building, remains a Grade II listed building.[1]

History

The facility has its origins in the Ecclesall Bierlow Union Workhouse which was designed by William Flockton and opened in 1844.[2]

In December 1940, during the Second World War, the dining hall and nurses' home were damaged by enemy bombing.[2]

It became Nether Edge Hospital in 1929 and joined the National Health Service in 1948.[2] The main hospital closed in 1990 and most of the site was acquired by Gleeson Homes in 1997 and subsequently developed for residential use.[3] Some of the newer buildings, located off Osborne Road, were retained by the NHS and amalgamated to form the Michael Carlisle Centre which was officially opened as a mental health facility by the Duchess of Gloucester in October 1999.[4]

References

  1. ^ Historic England. "Nether Edge Hospital, Kingswood Building (1270877)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  2. ^ a b c "Ecclesall Bierlow". Workhouses. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  3. ^ "The History of Sheffield Teaching Hospitals" (PDF). Sheffield University. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  4. ^ "History". Nether Edge Living. Retrieved 26 January 2020.