St Clement's Hospital, Ipswich Explained

St Clement's Hospital was a mental health facility at Foxhall Road in Ipswich, Suffolk, England.

History

The hospital, which was designed by William Ribbans in the Italianate style using a single linear corridor layout, opened as the Ipswich Borough Lunatic Asylum in 1870.^[1] An extra story was added to the building in the 1890s and it became Ipswich Mental Hospital in 1908.^[1] The hospital joined the National Health Service as St Clement's Hospital in 1948.^[2]

After the introduction of Care in the Community in the early 1980s, the hospital went into a period of decline and closed in 2002.^[1] The main buildings were subsequently converted into offices for administrative use by Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust.^[3] This use continued until early 2017 when the buildings were converted into apartments as Belgrove Place.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: St Clement's Hospital, Ipswich. County Asylums. 18 April 2019.
2. Web site: St Clement's Hospital, Norwich. National Archives. 18 April 2019.
3. Web site: St Clement's Hospital, Ipswich. Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. 18 April 2019.
4. Web site: See inside the new apartment homes at the former St Clements Hospital in Ipswich. 28 September 2017. Ipswich Star. 18 April 2019.