Rubery Hill Hospital
| Rubery Hill Hospital | |
|---|---|
 The former hospital chapel | |
  Shown in West Midlands | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Nightingale Grove, Birmingham, West Midlands, England |
| Coordinates | 52°23′54″N 2°00′51″W / 52.3982°N 2.0143°W |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | NHS |
| Type | Specialist |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | N/A |
| Speciality | Psychiatric Hospital |
| History | |
| Opened | 1882 |
| Closed | 1993 |
| Links | |
| Lists | Hospitals in England |
Rubery Hill Hospital was a mental health facility in Birmingham, England. The chapel, which still survives, is a Grade II listed building.[1]
History
The hospital, which was designed by William Martin and John Henry Chamberlain using a Standard Pavilion layout, opened as the Second Birmingham City Asylum in January 1882.[2][3] Additional ward pavilions were completed in 1897.[2] It became the 1st Birmingham War Hospital during the First World War and then became Rubery Hill Mental Hospital in 1919.[2] During the Second World War it remained a civilian establishment.[2] It joined the National Health Service as Rubery Hill Hospital in 1948.[2] Patient numbers peaked in the 1950s.[4]
After the introduction of Care in the Community in the early 1980s, the hospital went into a period of decline and closed in 1993.[2] Most of the buildings were subsequently demolished and have been replaced by housing.[2]
References
- ^ Historic England. "Chapel at Rubery Hill Hospital (1276164)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Rubery Hill Hospital". County Asylums. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
- ^ "Rubery Hill Hospital, Birmingham". National Archives. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
- ^ "Rubery Hill". County Asylums. Retrieved 11 August 2025.