{"id":1363,"date":"2012-08-10T11:45:33","date_gmt":"2012-08-10T11:45:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetimechamber.co.uk\/beta\/?page_id=1363"},"modified":"2022-05-23T11:35:25","modified_gmt":"2022-05-23T11:35:25","slug":"park-prewett-county-asylum-basingstoke","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.thetimechamber.co.uk\/beta\/sites\/asylums\/park-prewett-county-asylum-basingstoke","title":{"rendered":"Hampshire County Asylum, Park Prewett"},"content":{"rendered":"

History<\/h2>\n
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Park Prewett Asylum (Park Prewett Hospital), in Basingstoke, was the second county asylum of Hampshire, it was proposed in 1898 to relieve the overcrowding of Knowle asylum in Fareham.\u00a0 Building work was started in 1910 but the asylum was not officially opened till 1921 having suffered a delay due to World War One when the Canadian military used it as the Number Four Canadian General Hospital. The asylum was again affected by World War, when in 1939 the patients were moved out so it could be used an an emergency military hospital for casualties from Europe.<\/p>\n

G.T. Hine\u00a0<\/a>designed Park Prewett to be a\u00a0compact arrow<\/a>\u00a0type asylum, with\u00a0outlying wards and open sided corridors. The asylum again features central stores, maintenance, a water tower and main hall which the wards were located around in a ‘D’ shape joined together by large corridors. This style eventually evolved into the colony style layout.\u00a0 The asylum was situated on 300 acres of land that was formally the Park Prewett farm.\u00a0 The main building consisted of 15 wards, housing 1200 patients and a further 100 in admissions.\u00a0 In addition to this, there were a further 10 villas in the surrounding grounds and a private wing, called Rooksdown House,\u00a0 to house 100 patients.\u00a0 At its height the asylum accommodated 1300 patients and 170 nurses and support staff. The asylum closed in 1996 and was converted to housing with only the water tower, wards, admin and main hall (which was rebuilt in the 1980’s after a fire) remaining. For more information please visit\u00a0Park Prewett Info<\/a><\/p>\n

Further Information<\/h2>\n
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Park Prewett Hospital Archive Photographs<\/a><\/h3>\"Park<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n

Gallery<\/h2>\n
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