The former Shelton Hospital
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The former Shelton Hospital
Image: © Richard Law Taken: 6 Jan 2024
Shelton Hospital started life as Shropshire and Wenlock Borough Lunatic Asylum in March 1845, a name which certainly wouldn't pass muster these days! It was extended about 30 years later, and then renamed as the Salop Mental Hospital just after WW1. It closed as a National Health Service facility in 2012, and whilst some of the smaller buildings on site have been demolished, the main ward blocks and the chapel have been converted to housing; it now sits in the middle of the extensive Leighton Park housing estate. The whole main block was Grade II listed https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101270532-shelton-hospital-shrewsbury & https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1270532 in 1993.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.712132
Longitude
-2.800907