Hospital of St Lawrence, Bodmin

Hospital of St Lawrence, Bodmin
Geography
Location Bodmin, Cornwall, England
Organisation
Care system Care of mental illness.
History
Founded 1901–1906
Closed 2002
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The Hospital of St Lawrence, Bodmin is a disused hospital in Bodmin, Cornwall, built in 1906, and currently threatened with demolition.

Origins

Silvanus Trevail, architect (1851-1903)

The Hospital of St Lawrence, Bodmin was designed in 1901 by Silvanus Trevail (1851–1903), one of Cornwall's best-known architects.[1] The building was not completed until 1906,[2] three years after the architect's death. Described by Trevail's biographer as "one of his finest achievements",[1] it was built in the Edwardian Baroque style.[1]

Closure

The hospital closed in 2002 and has been disused since that time.[1]

Threat of demolition

The former hospital's owners, Community First Cornwall, intend to demolish the buildings in order to clear the site.[1] Despite local support for its preservation, English Heritage declined a request to list the building.[1][2] In May 2013 Cornwall Council decided that the demolition of the building did not require an environmental impact assessment, removing one of the last remaining obstacles to its removal.[1] The Foster Hall Revival Trust began a campaign aimed at preserving the building and proposing alternatives to demolition.[3] Demolition started in September 2013 and is due to be completed by May 2014[4]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Private Eye 1343, p.14
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 This is Cornwall, May 1 2013 Retrieved June 2013
  3. ↑ "Foster Hall Revival Trust". The Foster Hall Revival Trust. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
  4. ↑ Morris, Jonathan. "Historic Bodmin dancehall to be demolished". BBC. Retrieved 22 September 2013.

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