Nether Edge Hospital
Hospital in South Yorkshire, England
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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]
| Nether Edge Hospital | |
|---|---|
| Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | |
The Kingswood Building | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Union Road, Nether Edge, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom |
| Coordinates | 53.3609°N 1.4982°W |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | Public NHS |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | No Accident & Emergency |
| History | |
| Founded | 1844 |
| Closed | 1990 |
| Links | |
| Lists | Hospitals in the United Kingdom |
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]