Other places · North East England
Winterton Hospital
In or near Shotton.
Winterton Hospital in England North East, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
About
Winterton Hospital is a place of interest in England North East, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Winterton Hospital was a psychiatric hospital north of Sedgefield in County Durham, England.
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Background
History
A site for the facility at Far Winterton, north of Sedgefield, was purchased in 1855. It was designed by the architect John Howison, the surveyor for the county of Durham, as a three-storey corridor plan asylum built in the Elizabethan style with 300 beds for inmates, along with a chapel and superintendent's quarters. A major extension of the hospital, designed by William Crozier Jr. using a pavilion plan in the Italianate style with 400 beds for inmates as well as adding a new chapel, water tower, stables and cottages, was built between 1875 and 1880. Following the introduction of Care in the Community, Winterton Hospital went into a period of decline and eventually closed in 1996. The…
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- Coordinates
- 54.6704, -1.4501
- District
- County Durham
- Parish
- Sedgefield
- Postcode
- TS21 3FB
- Parliamentary constituency
- Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor
- Established
- 1855
Sources
- wikidata: Q8026533 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Winterton Hospital (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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📷 5Frequently asked questions
- Where is Winterton Hospital?
- Winterton Hospital is in North-East England, United Kingdom (postcode TS21 3FB), in the parish of Sedgefield.
- What is Winterton Hospital?
- Winterton Hospital in England North East, United Kingdom.
- How do I get to Winterton Hospital?
- The nearest town is Shotton. Drivers can use postcode TS21 3FB.
- When was Winterton Hospital built?
- Built or established in 1855.
- How do I get to Winterton Hospital?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode TS21 3FB. It sits within the Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor parliamentary constituency.