Barrow Gurney Mental Hospital
Barrow hospital sometimes referred to as barrow gurney hospital was a psychiatric hospital which opened in the 1930s.
Barrow gurney mental hospital. July 1948 the hospital was transferred to the newly formed national health service and both barrow and the bristol mental hospital were jointly managed by the bristol hospital management committee under the. Barrow hospital sometimes referred to as barrow gurney hospital was a psychiatric hospital in barrow gurney somerset united kingdom. By the mid 1920s the existing city of bristol mental hospital at stapleton was suffering from serious overcrowding. Sir george herbert oatley of bristol abandoned.
Barrow gurney hospital once served as a psychiatric hospital in barrow gurney somerset united kingdom. Demolished in 2014 page updated. At the time the hospital was being planned the old victorian style of. By the 1930 s bristol mental hospital was becoming very overcrowded and the need for additional facilities was widely acknowledged so the bristol corporation purchased 260 acres of land near barrow gurney at the market value on 20 000 as the site of the new purpose built hospital.
2012 last known condition. In second world war the hospital was commandeered by the royal navy and became a royal naval auxiliary hospital before being transferred to the national health service in 1948. Barrow gurney somerset built.