The Nether Edge Hospital was a health facility in Union Road,

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, England. The main building, known as the Kingswood Building, remains a Grade II

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History

The facility has its origins in the Ecclesall Bierlow Union Workhouse which was designed by

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and opened in 1844. The dining hall and nurses' home were damaged by enemy bombing in December 1940 during the

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. It became Nether Edge Hospital in 1929 and joined the

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in 1948. The main hospital closed in 1990 and most of the site was acquired by Gleeson Homes in 1997 and subsequently developed for residential use. Some of the newer buildings, located off Osborne Road, were retained by the NHS and amalgamated to form the Michael Carlisle Centre which was officially opened as a mental health facility by the

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in October 1999.

Gallery

File:Nether Edge Hospital Right Lodge.JPG, The Right Lodge File:Nether Edge Hospital Left Lodge.JPG, The Left Lodge File:Ecclesall Bierlow Union Offices (geograph 3689344).jpg, The workhouse offices

References

{{authority control Hospitals established in 1844 1844 establishments in England Hospital buildings completed in 1844 Hospitals in Sheffield Defunct hospitals in England