Warneford Hospital
| Warneford Hospital | |
|---|---|
| Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust | |
Warneford Hospital | |
Shown in Oxfordshire | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom |
| Coordinates | 51°45′03″N 1°13′21″W / 51.75083°N 1.22250°W |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | Public NHS |
| Type | Teaching |
| Affiliated university | University of Oxford |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | No Accident & Emergency |
| Beds | 104 |
| History | |
| Founded | 1826 |
| Links | |
| Website | http://www.oxfordhealth.nhs.uk |
| Lists | Hospitals in England |
The Warneford Hospital is a hospital providing mental health services at Headington in east Oxford, England.[1] It is managed by the Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust. There is an active proposal to redevelop the hospital alongside a new college of the University of Oxford.[2]
History
The hospital opened as the Oxford Lunatic Asylum in July 1826.[3] It was designed by Richard Ingleman (1777–1838) and built of Headington stone.[4] The name commemorates the philanthropist Samuel Wilson Warneford.[5] It was renamed the Warneford Hospital in 1843[3] and extended by J.C. Buckler in 1852 and by William Wilkinson in 1877.[4]
The hospital originally charged fees for treatment of middle-class patients with a fund eventually being set up for the care of poor patients. Men and women were originally segregated on different sides of the hospital with this practice continuing into the 1950s.[6]
Notable staff
- Anthony Storr, teaching post, 1974-84[7]
Notable patients
- Stephen Bernard, academic and writer[8]
- Jennifer Dawson, novelist[9]
- Elyn Saks, law professor[10]
Warneford Park
In 2023, Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust announced plans to redevelop the hospital as part of a new graduate college of the University of Oxford (provisionally entitled Radcliffe College in planning documents). The planning application was submitted in August 2025.[11] A petition expressed concerns about the increase in car parking spaces.[12]
See also
References
- ^ Hibbert, Christopher, ed. (1988). "Warnford Hospital". The Encyclopaedia of Oxford. Macmillan. pp. 491–492. ISBN 0-333-39917-X.
- ^ "Warneford Park Development". Warneford Park.
- ^ a b "Warneford Hospital, Oxford". National Archives. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
- ^ a b Historic England. "Warneford Hospital (1245464)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
- ^ Lee, Sidney, ed. (1899). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 59. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ^ "Warneford". Oxford Archives. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
- ^ Stevens, Anthony (20 March 2001). "Obituary: Anthony Storr". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
- ^ Parkinson, Hannah Jane (11 February 2018). "Fire on All Sides and Paper Cuts review – forensic accounts of surviving child rape". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
- ^ Pattulio, Polly (26 October 2000). "Jennifer Dawson". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
- ^ Saks, Elyn R (2007). The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness. New York: Hyperion. p. 63. ISBN 978-1-4013-0138-5.
- ^ "Planning application submitted for a major mental health and medical research campus in Oxford". 23 August 2025.
- ^ Network, Action. "No increase in car parking at Warneford Park!". actionnetwork.org.