Mendip Hospital

Mendip Hospital
LocationHorrington, Somerset, England
Coordinates51°12′56″N 2°36′57″W / 51.2155°N 2.6157°W / 51.2155; -2.6157
Built1848
ArchitectGeorge Gilbert Scott and William Bonython Moffatt
Listed Building – Grade II
Official nameMendip Hospital Main Building
Designated19 December 1990
Reference no.1345148
Listed Building – Grade II
Official nameChapel with Covered Approach to Mendip Hospital
Designated19 December 1990
Reference no.1058586
Listed Building – Grade II
Official nameSouth Lodge to Mendip Hospital
Designated19 December 1990
Reference no.1058587
Location of Mendip Hospital in Somerset

Mendip Hospital opened in 1848 as the Somerset and Bath Pauper Lunatic Asylum at Horrington, near Wells, in the English county of Somerset.

As a county asylum, it was replaced by Tone Vale Hospital in 1897, but it continued to house long-stay elderly and mentally infirm patients. It finally closed in 1991, when the buildings were converted into houses and apartments.