The superintendant's house at 'Claybury Asylum'

Date:
1895
Location:
Claybury Asylum, Woodford Bridge, Redbridge, Greater London Authority
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Middlesex County Lunatic Asylum, Woodford Bridge, Redbridge, Greater London Authority
Claybury Mental Hospital, Woodford, Redbridge, Greater London Authority
Claybury Hospital, Redbridge, Greater London Authority, Ig8
Reference:
BL13367
Type:
Photograph (Negative)
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Description

The fifth 'Middlesex County Asylum' or 'Middlesex County Pauper Lunatic Asylum' was built between 1889-1893 to the designs of architect George Thomas Hine. It opened in 1893. It was later known as 'Claybury Asylum' and was renamed 'Claybury Mental Hospital' in 1930. By 1959 it was known as Claybury Hospital. The hospital closed in 1997.

Content

This is part of the Series: HBL01/01 Series Of Photographic Negatives And Prints; within the Collection: HBL01 The Bedford Lemere Collection

Rights

Source: Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Architect: Hine, George Thomas

Photographer: Lemere, Henry Bedford: Bedford Lemere And Company

Keywords

Victorian House, Victorian Psychiatric Hospital