Bridge Hospital, Witham, Essex
The hospital was originally built in 1839 as a Union Workhouse. It could accommodate 300 people. The architects were George Gilbert Scott and William Bonython Mofatt who designed many workhouses during the period. It was used as a workhouse until 1883, when it became the local orphanage. By 1901 the site was used for children suffering from the infectious condition of ringworm. By 1908, the building became used as an "Industrial Home for Feeble-Minded Boys", also known as the Bridge Training Home. In 1948, the establishment became part of the National Health Service. The hospital was then closed in 2002.
