Royal South Hants Hospital
| Royal South Hants Hospital | |
|---|---|
| NHS Property Services | |
Royal South Hants Hospital | |
Shown in Southampton | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Bevois Valley, Southampton, England, United Kingdom |
| Coordinates | 50°54′45″N 1°23′48″W / 50.9126°N 1.3968°W |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | Public NHS |
| Type | Community hospital |
| Affiliated university | University of Southampton |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | No Accident & Emergency |
| Beds | 332 (originally) |
| History | |
| Opened | 1835 |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
| Lists | Hospitals in England |
The Royal South Hants Hospital, known locally as "The RSH", is a community hospital in Southampton. It is managed by NHS Property Services.
History
The hospital was founded as the Royal South Hampshire Infirmary in 1835[1][2] and moved into its first premises in St Mary Street in 1838.[3] It was initially a Voluntary hospital.[3]
The foundation stone for new premises in Fanshawe Street was laid on 10 July 1843.[4] The hospital opened there in 1844.[2][3] Joseph and William Bullar, doctors and brothers of children’s author Anne Bullar, funded additional wards for the hospital. These wards, named the Bullar Wards, were completed in 1851.[1] The Eyre Crabbe Wing, located on the east side of the site, was completed in 1868.[1][5]
In 1896, another new wing, containing a further two wards and some operating theatres, was started, as well as some cottages to house patients with infectious diseases and a mortuary. This new wing was officially opened by Princess Henry of Battenberg on 7 February 1900 and named the Victoria Jubilee Wing.[6]
During World War II, a country home of Lord Mountbatten, the Broadlands, was used as an annexe for the hospital.[7][8][9]
The hospital joined the National Health Service in 1948.[3][5] As part of a transfer of mental health services from Knowle Hospital, a psychiatry block was completed in 1979.[5] The block closed in 2009.[5]
On 31 March 2007 management of the hospital was passed to Southampton City Primary Care Trust with several services transferring to Southampton General Hospital and the Princess Anne Hospital. In 2010[10] a new adult mental health unit called Antelope House was opened on the former Antelope Ground, housing 50 acute beds and 12 psychiatric intensive care beds.[5]
The hospital is heated as part of the Southampton District Energy Scheme network.[11]
Chapel
St Paul's Chapel was completed in 1857.[1][5] The chapel fell out of use in 1992.[1][5] The Chapel is a Grade II listed building, as of 1981.[12]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e Avery, John (2009). "The Royal South Hants Hospital Chapel" (PDF). Westender. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
- ^ a b Crump, Ian (16 July 2023). "How Royal South Hants became the hospital we know today". Southern Daily Echo. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
- ^ a b c d "Royal South Hants Hospital". The National Archives (United Kingdom). Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
- ^ "South Hants Infirmary". Sense of Place South East. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
- ^ a b c d e f g Brisland, Martin (7 December 2022). "How Southampton's Royal South Hants hospital came to be". Southern Daily Echo. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
- ^ "Princess Henry of Battenberg at Southampton". The Times. No. 36060. London. 8 February 1900. p. 7.
- ^ Smith, Charles (1980). Lord Mountbatten: His Butler's Story. United States: Stein and Day. p. 71. ISBN 0812827511.
- ^ "Broadlands, Romsey". Sense of Place South East. Hampshire Library & Information Service. Archived from the original on 2 February 2025. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ Hicks, India (2024). Lady Pamela: My Mother's Extraordinary Years as Daughter to the Viceroy of India, Lady-in-Waiting to the Queen, and Wife of David Hicks. United States: Rizzoli. p. 49. ISBN 9780847828623.
- ^ "Services - Royal South Hants Hospital". Archived from the original on 19 April 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2011.
- ^ "Southampton celebrates 25 years of geothermal District Energy Scheme". Southern Daily Echo. 29 November 2011. Archived from the original on 2 February 2025. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
- ^ "CHAPEL TO THE ROYAL SOUTH HAMPSHIRE HOSPITAL, Non Civil Parish - 1178783 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 2 February 2025.