St Margarets Mental Hospital Great Barr

The hall and its grounds were purchased in 1911 by the walsall and west bromwich joint board and hospital colony for those with severe learning difficulties was opened after the first world war. The hospital began to close in phases from the late 1980s. St margaret s hospital 1948 2004 in 1948 the site was absorbed into the new national health service and renamed st.

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Frame Photo Of The Abandoned Great Barr Colony St Margaret S

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St margarets mental hospital great barr. The hall was vacated in 1978 although other buildings continued in use until the 1990s t. Great barr male homes and football ground from the south. In 1911 the estate was purchased by a local hospital board and in 1918 became st margaret s mental hospital. Originally known as great barr park colony for the mentally defective it was later re named st margarets hospital.

Built in the grounds of great barr hall in 1911 when the estate was purchased by a local hospital board and in 1918 became st margaret s mental hospital. Predictable as ever my interest in the site does involve a paranormal related angle so i just thought i might. Originally known as great barr park colony for the mentally defective it was later re named st margarets hospital. Great barr colony st margaret s hospital history.

Regional hospital board 1948 74. Great barr colony kitchen laundry and sewing room 1920s. The origins of this abandoned hospital begin with the construction of the private residence of sir joseph scott in 1777 named great barr hall shown above. Females at the colony provided the domestic labour of the establishment such as kitchen and laundry work and sewing.

After 1948 the site joined the national health service as st. The hospital authority moved out of the hall in 1978 and the rest of the hospital was closed some years later. Great barr park birmingham b43 7ez. Great barr hall is an 18th century mansion situated at pheasey walsall on the border with great barr birmingham.

22 photographs of great barr colony st margaret s hospital by tom kirsch. I m currently looking to make contact with anyone who has first hand experience of the former st margarets mental hospital in great barr either ex staff members or patients. Mental top of page. St margaret s hospital previous name s great barr park hospital.

Many detached hospital buildings were erected near the hall.