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Report - Sandhill Park Hospital, Bishops Lydeard Oct 2013

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wellingtonian

Subterráneo
Regular User
Some history lifted from Wiki:

Sandhill Park in Bishops Lydeard, Somerset, England is a derelict country house built in about 1720. It was used in the 20th century as a prisoner of war camp, a home for handicapped children and later as a military and civilian hospital.
It was built in 1720 by John Periam, the Member of Parliament for Minehead, and named "Hill House". It was afterwards lived in by the Lethbridge family from 1767 to 1913.
During World War I it was used as a prisoner of war camp for German and Austrian Officers. In 1919 it was converted by Somerset County Council into a home for handicapped children.
It was requisitioned by the military in August 1940 and became the 41st General Military Hospital, providing accommodation in tents and huts. From 1941 the hospital was leased to the Americans as a neurological hospital for over 1,000 patients in 32 new wards which were completed in 1942 serving as the 185th General Hospital. The hospital remained in military use until 1944. The psychiatric hospital reopened under the National Health Service in 1948 and further buildings were constructed.
The hospital was sold in 1991 and housing built on part of the area. It is included in the Buildings at Risk Register produced by English Heritage.
The derelict building was badly damaged by fire on November 22, 2011, with the east wing gutted along with more modern additions to the rear. The main house suffered extensive damage, the roof and top floor being lost and significant secondary damage caused by fire water. The west wing and orangery appear to have been untouched by the fire.

Only managed the outer buildings which I believe were separate wards, staff accommodation and administrative offices.

Not much to see really, properly derped!

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Thanks for looking
 

Seffy

SWC
Staff member
Moderator
It wasn't much when it was up! may still be, not sure of the current situation there. Better things nearby though :)
 

mookster

grumpy sod
Regular User
Having just looked at Google Maps it appears to be far into a conversion/development.
 
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