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Photos on Hidden Horsham reveal architectural and structural detail that the eye normally misses."> <link rel="icon" href="favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon"> <link rel="shortcut icon" href="http://www.hiddenhorsham.co.uk/favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon"> <link rel="Stylesheet" href="/styles/style.css" type="text/css"> </HEAD> <BODY> <A NAME="TOP"></A> <TABLE class="wideness"><TR><TD> <A HREF="/index.htm"> <IMG SRC="/images/topbanner.jpg" alt="click to go to the home page" border=0> </A> </TD> </TR> <TR><TD><iframe class=head scrolling="no" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" src="/menu/menuhh.htm"></iframe></TD></TR> <TR> <TD> <TABLE ALIGN="right" border=0> <TR> <TD class=strip></TD> <TD VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="120"> <IFRAME class=menu SCROLLING="no" FRAMEBORDER="0" MARGINHEIGHT="0" MARGINWIDTH="0" SRC="/menu/menu.htm"></IFRAME> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> <H2>Hidden Horsham - Horsham Hospital</H2> <TABLE class=thumbs align=left><TR><TD> <A HREF="/images/hh/full/39c.jpg" target="_blank"> <IMG class=edge SRC="/images/hh/page/39c.jpg" alt="Hidden Horsham, Horsham Hospital, Hurst Road" width=294 height=180 border=0 align=left></A></TD></TR> <TR><TD><P class=c> The Original Hospital</P> </TD></TR> </TABLE> <P><Horsham Hospital is located in Hurst Road, opposite Collyers Six Form College</P> <P>Horsham's first hospital was opened in 1892, some 24 years after the <A HREF="/28/infirmary.htm">Workhouse Infirmary</A>. The land, alongside that for the Fire Station, Police Station and Courthouse was given to the town by R H Hurst, explaining the root of the Hurst Road address. The building contract for the hospital was awarded to Rowland Brothers of Horsham for £1300 [2006: £97,133.22]</P> <P>The original building had just 8 beds but was enlarged in 1907, seven years after it introduced electric lighting. The 1921 cencus records 10 in-patients. In the days before the NHS the patients were paying from 2s 6d to 10s 6d per week to stay in the hospital. By 1913 private patients were admitted for 10s 6d a day. In the opening years operations were carried out at the hospital. Procedures included tonsilectomies, tumour removal, amputations and the setting of broken bones</P> <P>On May 23<SUP>rd</SUP> 1923 the original building was closed, the former hospital building being acquired by <A HREF="/90/collyers.htm">Collyers</A> as a hostel although it has since been taken back by the hospital. On June 1<SUP>st</SUP> the new hospital was opened by Lord Leconfield of Petworth. The cost of £18,000 was raised as donations in memory of the great war, the First World War. It had two wards with 24 beds and a further three private wards. In the same year a penny a week subscription scheme was offered to the residents of Horsham, entitling them to free treatment and ambulance services</P> <P>The children's ward was opened in 1930 and a year later the Townswomen's Guild pressed for a maternity ward, with Guildford and Brighton being the nearest alternatives. The 18 bed maternity ward finally opened in 1944. During World War II the hospital employed a gardener and recorded that 900 cabbages were grown in 1940. A geriatric ward opened in 1980. Development on the site continues with the new X ray & diagnostics department opened on July 26<SUP>th</SUP> 2006. This is the fourth stage in an £11 million investment in the site</P> <TABLE BORDER=0 class=thumbs> <TR> <TD><A HREF="http://local.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&cp=51.070731~-0.324389&style=h&lvl=18&scene=1915478" target="_blank" class="opac" ><IMG SRC="/images/hh/aerial/a39.jpg" alt="aerial view" border=0></TD> <TD><A HREF="/images/hh/full/39a.jpg" target="_blank" class="opac" ><IMG SRC="/images/hh/thumbs/39a.jpg" alt="The Main Entrance" border=0></A></TD> <TD><A HREF="/images/hh/full/39b.jpg" target="_blank" class="opac" ><IMG SRC="/images/hh/thumbs/39b.jpg" alt="Hospital engraving over the door" border=0></A></TD> <TD></TD> <TD><A HREF="/images/hh/full/39d.jpg" target="_blank" class="opac" ><IMG SRC="/images/hh/thumbs/39d.jpg" alt="Hospital engraving over the door" border=0></A></TD> <TD></TD> </TR> </TABLE> <P>The foundation stone was removed during the works of 2005 and was replaced in 2010. The text on the stone reads with capitalisation and punctation copied:<BR> <TABLE class=boxout><TR><TD> THIS HOSPITAL<BR> WAS BUILT BY VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS<BR> IN MEMORY OF<BR> THOSE WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918<BR> <BR> THIS FOUNDATION STONE WAS LAID BY<BR> EDWARD. SIXTH EARL WINTERTON. M.P.<BR> ON JULY 20<SUP><U>TH</U></SUP> 1922.<BR> REV. E.D.L. HARVEY O.B.E.. M.A. D.L.. PRESIDENT<BR> ARCHITECT<BR> F.G. TROUP F.R.I.B.A.<BR> BUILDERS<BR> ROWLAND BROS.<BR> </TD></TR></TABLE> <P>The stone was originally laid on by Horsham's serving MP Lord Winterton with hospital volunteers in attendance.</P> <P>The hospital building shown above has changed little since it was photographed in as shown below</P> <TABLE border=0> <TR><TD VALIGN=TOP> <!--Image from The Francis Frith Collection --> <a href="http://www.francisfrith.com/pageloader.asp?page=/search/photos/viewphotos.asp&townid=h119&cid=10&partner=uk&fpn=6076" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; color: #333333;" "target="_blank"> <img src="/images/frith/82443.jpg" width="300" alt="Horsham, Hospital 1929. (Neg. 82443) © Copyright The Francis Frith Collection 2006. http://www.francisfrith.com" style="border: 1px solid #999999;"><br /></a> <!--End image from The Francis Frith Collection --> <P>Reproduced courtesy of The Francis Frith Collection. Horsham, Hospital 1929. Originally an 8 bed unit, now much bigger</P> </TD><TD VALIGN=TOP> <A HREF="/images/hh/full/39.jpg" target="_blank"><IMG class=edge SRC="/images/hh/page/39.jpg" alt="Hidden Horsham Hospital 2006" border=0></A> <P>This part of Horsham Hopital, the second building, has changed little since 1929</P> </TD></TR> </TABLE> <TABLE BORDER=0 class=info > <TR><TD width=19%><P>Fact File</P></TD><TD width=27%><P>Location: <A HREF="http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=RH12+2DR&ie=UTF8&z=16&ll=51.07054,-0.323904&spn=0.005097,0.018282&om=1" target="_blank">RH12 2DR</A></P></TD><TD width=27%><P> Build Date: 1892</P></TD><TD width=27%><P> Listed: no</P></TD></TR></TABLE> <BR> <TABLE BORDER=0 class=info > <TR><TD><P>External Links:</P> <P>NHS - <A HREF="http://www.nhs.uk/England/Hospitals/showHospital.aspx?id=RPR45" target="_blank">Horsham Hospital</A></P> </TD></TR> </TABLE> <H3><A HREF="/38/38.htm" class=opac><IMG SRC="/images/back.gif" alt="click for the previous image" border=0></A><A HREF="/40/40.htm" class=opac><IMG SRC="/images/fwd.gif" alt="click for the next image" border=0></A></H3> <HR> <P>Contributions, comments and suggestions are welcomed. 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