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Hospital cases

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Jeremy Musson
Jeremy Musson*
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The Victorian Society, 1 Priory Gardens, Bedford Park, London W4 1TT
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It could be said that one of the chief architectural legacies of the late 20th century, when it comes to be considered retrospectively, will be the wanton destruction and dispersal of buildings constructed in the previous century for the public benefit. Churches, schools and hospitals have been systematically sold off, and a good number of them, if not totally demolished, have lapsed into a pathetic state of limbo, particularly in this time of economic recession. Some of the worst cases of this known to the Victorian Society are hospitals of great architectural quality, constructed for the treatment of the mentally ill, then known as lunatic asylums.

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 15 , Issue 12 , December 1991 , pp. 765 - 766
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