St Clement's Hospital was a mental health facility at Foxhall Road in

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History

The hospital, which was designed by William Ribbans in the

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using a single linear corridor layout, opened as the Ipswich Borough

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in 1870. An extra story was added to the building in the 1890s and it became Ipswich Mental Hospital in 1908. The hospital joined the

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as St Clement's Hospital in 1948. After the introduction of

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in the early 1980s, the hospital went into a period of decline and closed in 2002. The main buildings were subsequently converted into offices for administrative use by

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. This use continued until early 2017 when the buildings were converted into apartments as Belgrove Place.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Saint Clement's Hospital, Ipswich Hospitals in Suffolk Defunct hospitals in England Hospital buildings completed in 1870 Hospitals established in 1870 1870 establishments in England 2002 disestablishments in England Hospitals disestablished in 2002 Former psychiatric hospitals in England St John's Ward, Ipswich