Historic houses · Yorkshire & the Humber
Bootham Park Hospital
Bootham Park Hospital — a Grade I-listed historic house in england-yorkshire, United Kingdom.
Gordon Kneale Brooke — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Family-friendly
- Limited wheelchair access
About
Bootham Park Hospital is a Grade I-listed building in england-yorkshire, United Kingdom. Grade I status is conferred by Historic England (or Cadw, Historic Environment Scotland or NIEA equivalents) on buildings of exceptional national interest. See the linked Wikipedia article for full historical and architectural details.
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From the Wikipedia article
Bootham Park Hospital was a psychiatric hospital, located in the Bootham district of York, England. It was managed by the Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust. The main building is a Grade I listed building.
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Background
Architecture
In 1772, Robert Hay Drummond, the Archbishop of York, decided along with "twenty-four Yorkshire gentlemen" to establish an asylum, to be known as the "County Lunatic Asylum, York". A committee was established, and the architect John Carr was co-opted with a pledge of 25 guineas. Carr's patron, the Marquis of Rockingham, pledged 100 guineas, and a total of £2,500 was subscribed. By July 1773, £5,000 had been promised, and Carr's scheme to accommodate 54 patients was approved on 25 August. The building was completed in 1777. Following criticism about the handling of inmates at the asylum and the death of Hannah Mills, who was a Quaker, the local Quaker community founded a new asylum known as…
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- Coordinates
- 53.9670, -1.0870
- District
- York
- Parish
- York, unparished area
- Postcode
- YO30 7AG
- Parliamentary constituency
- York Central
- Established
- 1777
- Official site
- www.yorkartgallery.org.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q4943909 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Bootham Park Hospital (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Bootham Park Hospital?
- Bootham Park Hospital is in Yorkshire, United Kingdom (postcode YO30 7AG), in the parish of York, unparished area.
- When was Bootham Park Hospital built?
- Built or established in 1777.
- Is Bootham Park Hospital a listed building?
- Bootham Park Hospital is officially recognised as Grade I listed.
- How do I get to Bootham Park Hospital?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode YO30 7AG. It sits within the York Central parliamentary constituency.