The exterior of the modernist house known as the Old Zoo in Brockhall Village with an ornamental pond in the foreground

Date:
10 Sept 2007
Location:
The Old Zoo, Cherry Drive, Billington And Langho, Brockhall Village, Ribble Valley, Lancashire
Reference:
DP033659
Type:
Photograph (Digital)
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Description

Brockhall Village is on the site of the former Brockhall Hospital. The hospital opened as 'Brockhall Institution' in 1904. It was originally an 'institution' for 'inebriate women' under the Inebriates Act of 1898. In the 1920s the hospital formally became an 'institution' for 'mental defectives' – people who would be considered in the 21st century as having learning disabilities. In 1948 Brockhall joined the NHS and became known as Brockhall Hospital. It closed in 1992 and the site was redeveloped as Brockhall Village.

Content

This is part of the Job: 2K/09139 Buildings Of England: North Lancashire; within the Volume: BF111799 Buildings Of England: North Lancashire; within the Series: EHC01/125 Buildings Of England: North Lancashire; within the Collection: EHC01 English Heritage(Eh):Archive

Rights

© Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Photographer: Skingle, Bob

Keywords

Late 20th Century House, Late 20th Century Garden