Sheffield Royal Infirmary

Sheffield Royal Infirmary
Sheffield Royal Infirmary 28-04-06.jpg
The former infirmary
Sheffield Royal Infirmary is located in South Yorkshire
Sheffield Royal Infirmary
Shown in South Yorkshire
Geography
LocationSheffield, South Yorkshire, England
Coordinates53°23′24″N 1°29′02″W / 53.39°N 1.484°W / 53.39; -1.484Coordinates: 53°23′24″N 1°29′02″W / 53.39°N 1.484°W / 53.39; -1.484
Organisation
Care systemPublic
Hospital typeGeneral
Affiliated universityNone
Services
Emergency departmentNo
History
Founded1792
Closed1980
Links
ListsHospitals in England

The Royal Infirmary was a hospital in Sheffield, South Yorkshire.

History

The nurses' home

The establishment was designed by John Rawsthorne and opened as the Sheffield General Infirmary in 1792.[1] The first three surgeons to work at the hospital were Mr. Cheney, Mr. C.H Webb and Mr. William Staniforth.[2]

A new south-east wing designed by John Dodsley Webster was completed in 1884.[1] The new wing accommodated an octagonal outpatients department which was lit by a cupola. It had a roof of wrought iron lattice girders and a tiled waiting room with the consulting rooms leading off it.[3]

A nurses' home, also designed by John Dodsley Webster and named "Centenary House", was completed in 1897, [3] the year in which the hospital was renamed The Royal Infirmary, Sheffield.[4]

The infirmary joined the National Health Service in 1948 and, after services had transferred to the Royal Hallamshire Hospital, it closed in 1980.[5] Some of the buildings were subsequently demolished, but the original block along with its south-east and south-west wings, which remains a Grade II* listed building, was renamed Heritage House and converted into offices.[1]

The empty infirmary building was used for filming a casualty scene from an imagined nuclear attack on Sheffield in the 1984 film Threads.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b c Historic England. "Heritage House (1270452)". National Heritage List for England.
  2. ^ Leader, Robert Eadon (1876). Reminiscences of Old Sheffield: Its Streets and Its People. General Books. ISBN 978-1150119125.
  3. ^ a b Harman, Ruth; Minnis, John (2004). "Pevsner City Guide: Sheffield". Yale University Press. p. 283. ISBN 978-0300105858.
  4. ^ "Royal Infirmary, Sheffield". National Archives. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  5. ^ "Royal Infirmary, Sheffield". National Archives. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  6. ^ "Nuclear fallout in Sheffield". BBC. Retrieved 22 October 2018.

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