Job: St Mary's House

Date:
7 May 1974
Location:
St Mary's House, St Mary's Road, Fratton, City of Portsmouth
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Portsea Island Union Workhouse, St Mary's Road, City of Portsmouth
ST MARYS HOSPITAL, Milton Road, City of Portsmouth
Reference:
10/00631
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Description

Portsea Island Union Workhouse was built on St Mary’s Road between 1843 and 1845. A separate infirmary was built to the west of the main building, and in 1883 separate ‘lunatic wards’ were built at the south-east of the site. The end of the 19th century saw an expansion of hospital buildings at the south of the workhouse site, and the development of an infectious diseases hospital on the east side of Milton Road. The workhouse later became ‘St Mary’s Institution and Hospital’, then simply St Mary’s Hospital. In 1990 the main building of the workhouse was converted into flats known as St Mary’s House. In the early 21st century, much of the former workhouse and hospital site was redeveloped as housing. The hospital continued to operate from the south-east corner of the original site and was known as St Mary’s Community Health Campus.

Content

This is part of the Volume: BF076977 St Mary's House, Fratton; within the Series: RCH01/012 Workhouses Project; within the Collection: RCH01 Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England (RCHME) Archive

This Job is divided into 7 Child Records

Rights

© Crown Copyright. Historic England Archive

Keywords

Victorian Workhouse, 20th Century Hospital, Health And Welfare