Babington Hospital

Babington Hospital is a healthcare facility in Belper, Derbyshire, England. It is managed by the Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust.

Babington Hospital
Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust
Babington Hospital
Location in Derbyshire
Geography
LocationDerby Road, Belper, Derbyshire, England
Coordinates53.0183°N 1.4891°W / 53.0183; -1.4891
Organisation
Care systemNHS
TypeGeneral
History
Opened1840
Links
Websitewww.dchs.nhs.uk

History

The site chosen for the facility was known as Babington Meadow.[1] The oldest part of the facility, the eastern courtyard, which was designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott and William Bonython Moffatt in the Jacobean style, was opened as the Belper Poor Law Union Workhouse in September 1840.[2][3][4] A main entrance lodge to the eastern courtyard was built facing on the Derby Road at around the same time.[5] A large infirmary was added on the western part of the site in 1889.[1] The facility became the Babington House Public Assistance Institution in 1930[6] and it joined the National Health Service as Babington Hospital in 1948.[1] In June 2018 the NHS Southern Derbyshire Clinical Commissioning Group announced plans to transfer services to a modern facility in Derwent Street.[7]

References
  1. "Belper". Workhouses. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
  2. Historic England. "North Range of Eastern Courtyard at Babington Hospital (1087381)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
  3. Historic England. "South Range of Eastern Courtyard at Babington Hospital (1099180)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
  4. Historic England. "Western Range of Eastern Courtyard at Babington Hospital (1087379)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
  5. Historic England. "Main Entrance Lodge to Eastern Courtyard at Babington Hospital (1087380)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
  6. "Babington Hospital, Belper". National Archives. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
  7. "Health chiefs confirm closure of Belper's Babbington Hospital". Belper News. 22 June 2018. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
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