The frontage along Gilbert Scott Road
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The frontage along Gilbert Scott Road
Image: © Neil Owen Taken: 26 May 2021
It is uncommon to find such a stylish and welcoming municipal site. This elegant site was originally the County Asylum for Pauper Lunatics, later the Somerset and Bath Pauper Lunatic Asylum (1880s), the Wells Mental Hospital (1920s) and the Somerset and Bath Mental Hospital (Wells) by the time it was taken over by the newly-created National Health Service in 1948. In its records are many people who came from the workhouses and were kept here. It later was named the Mendip Hospital and still housed many mental health patients as well as elderly residents. Finally the site was closed in 1991 and converted to residential use, although some assisted living is still nearby.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.215265
Longitude
-2.616448