Brentry Hospital

Brentry Hospital
Brentry Hospital
	Brentry House, one of the hospital buildings
	Shown in Bristol
Geography
Location	Brentry, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
Coordinates	51.5052°N 2.6130°W
Organisation
Care system	Public NHS
Type	Psychiatric
Services
History
Opened	1898
Closed	2000
Links
Lists	Hospitals in England

Brentry Hospital was a hospital in Brentry, a suburb of North Bristol, England. The building was constructed as a family home, one among many English country houses for the Somerset gentry. Now known as Repton Hall, after its famous architect, it has been converted into residential apartments.[1]

History

Brentry House, which was commissioned by William Payne, a Bristol merchant, and designed by Humphry Repton and his son John was completed in 1802.[1][2] It was acquired by John Cave, a banker, in around 1817 and then by the Miller family in the 1850s.[2]

The house was converted to become the main administration block for the Brentry Certified Inebriate Reformatory in 1898.[2] The facility became an institution for the mentally ill as the Brentry Certified Institution in 1922 and was renamed the Brentry Colony in 1930.[3][4] It joined the National Health Service as Brentry Hospital in 1948.[5] After the hospital closed in 2000,[6] the main building was converted into residential apartments and became known as Repton Hall.[1]

The hospital site now forms a major component of the Brentry Conservation Area.[7] The grounds, which are now known as Royal Victoria Park, are Grade II listed by English Heritage in the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens.[2]

References

Historic England. "Repton Hall, Charlton Road (Grade II) (1202057)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
Historic England. "Royal Victoria Park (formerly Brentry House) (Grade II) (1000360)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
J. Jancar (1987). "The History of Mental Handicap in Bristol and Bath" (PDF). Retrieved 7 January 2010.
"Psychiatric hospital was built during Victorian times". Bristol Post. 11 April 2011. Archived from the original on 8 December 2014. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
"Brentry Hospital, Bristol". National Archives. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
Glenside Museum website Archived 3 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
"Brentry Conservation Area, Bristol Local Plan" (PDF). Bristol City Council. 1997. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 January 2012. Retrieved 7 September 2011.

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[NHLE-1202057-1] Historic England. "Repton Hall, Charlton Road (Grade II) (1202057)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 6 December 2014.

[NHLE-1000360-2] Historic England. "Royal Victoria Park (formerly Brentry House) (Grade II) (1000360)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 6 December 2014.

[3] J. Jancar (1987). "The History of Mental Handicap in Bristol and Bath" (PDF). Retrieved 7 January 2010.

[bp-20110411-4] "Psychiatric hospital was built during Victorian times". Bristol Post. 11 April 2011. Archived from the original on 8 December 2014. Retrieved 6 December 2014.

[5] "Brentry Hospital, Bristol". National Archives. Retrieved 10 November 2018.

[6] Glenside Museum website Archived 3 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine

[conservation-area-7] "Brentry Conservation Area, Bristol Local Plan" (PDF). Bristol City Council. 1997. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 January 2012. Retrieved 7 September 2011.