The Liverpool Homeopathic Hospital was a hospital in

Liverpool Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. With a population of in 2019, it is the 10th largest English district by population and its metropolitan area is the fifth largest in the United Kingdom, with a popul ...

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, that specialized in homeopathic treatments.

History

The facility was founded as the Liverpool Hahnemann Hospital and Dispensaries in 1887. The hospital building at 42-56 Hope Street, designed by

F & G Holme F & G Holme were two Liverpool architects, Francis Usher Holme (c.1844-1913), and his uncle, George Holme (1822 or 3-1915), who lived during the 19th century. Their designs include, amongst others, the County Sessions House the Municipal Annexe a ...

, is an example of the Queen Anne revival style. It is now a Grade II listed building. It was the first hospital in the

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to contain early hydraulic lifts and an innovative heating and ventilation system. It joined the

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in 1948. Renamed as the Hahnemann Hospital in 1969, it was eventually closed in 1976. It later became part of

Liverpool John Moores University , mottoeng = Fortune favours the bold , established = 1823 – Liverpool Mechanics' School of Arts1992 – Liverpool John Moores University , type = Public , endowment = , coor ...

References

{{authority control Defunct hospitals in England Homeopathic hospitals in the United Kingdom 1887 establishments in England 1976 disestablishments in England Grade II listed buildings in Liverpool Unused buildings in Liverpool Grade II listed hospital buildings