NHER 34342 (Building record) - Mundesley Hospital

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Summary

This was the first large tuberculosis sanatorium constructed in Britain. It was built in 1898/99 as prefabricated timber framed structure with brick chimneys and an iron roof. In 1923 a brick extension was added. It became a hospital in 1957 but ceased operating in 1992.

Protected Status/Designation

Listed Building (II) 1343674: MUNDESLEY HOSPITAL

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Map sheet	TG23NE
Civil Parish	GIMINGHAM, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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Tuberculosis Sanatorium. 1898 to 1899 for Dr F. Burton-Fanning, the first such establishment in Britain modelled on German and Swiss Sanatoria. Prefabricated timber frame by Boulton and Paul which was later marketed as a standard design. Corrugated iron roof, brick chimneystacks. Long range with cross halls at centre and end. Extended 1923 in brick.
See detailed description in (S1) 1993.
(S2) adds that the original sitting rooms were subdivided to form wards because the original fees were too high. The first pneumothorax operation was carried out here. In the grounds are revolving sleeping shelters.
Press cutting (S3) in file.
E. Rose (NLA), 12 April 1999.

June 2009.
Clinic closed due to funding problems,
See (S4) for further details,
H. White, (NLA), 31 March 2010

NIAS records include extensive photographic records with elevations and plans of the original building and all modified/extra construction.
See (S5)
W. Arnold (HES), 16 Febuary 2011

Associated Sources (11)

--- SNF99427 Designation: English Heritage. 1990-2013. English Heritage Listing Notification. Notification. DNF6622.
--- SNF58263 Monograph: Pevsner, N. and Wilson, B. 1997. Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East. The Buildings of England. 2nd Edition. p 618.
--- SNF60147 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1993. Move to find new use for old hospital. 14 June.
--- SNF98563 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 2014. Neglected hospital is set to become mental health centre. 20 September.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
--- SNF82360 Unpublished Document: Yardley, C. J. 2011. The Mun Valley: Historic landscape Assessment and Landscape Character Assessment for Norfolk Coast Project. p 15.
<S1> SNF48662 Designation: Historic England. National Heritage List for England. List Entry 1343674.
<S2> SNF47540 Publication: Richardson, H.. 1998. English Hospitals 1600-1948. p 150.
<S3> SNF60146 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1992. Sadness and scorn as the last patients are moved out. 30 September.
<S4> SNF73604 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 2010. Old hospital may provide respite care for terminally ill. 19 January.
<S5> SNF57617 Archive: NIAS. Norfolk Industrial Archaeology Society Records.

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Record last edited

Jul 31 2018 10:02AM