Building Name

All Hallows Village Hospital, Ditchingham, Norfolk

Date
1872
District/Town
Ditchingham
County/Country
Norfolk, England
Work
New build
Status
Closed 2019

The village hospital at Ditchingham, Norfolk, is now being roofed in. it will provide about twenty beds for patients, besides all the necessary accommodation for sisters, nurses, and domestic arrangements. Mr Botwright, of Bungay, is the builder, who also supplies all the bricks and tiles from his brickfield. The cost will be about £3,000. The architect is Mr R J. Withers, of London [Building News 9 August 1872 page 112]

The hospital at Ditchingham near Bungay in Norfolk, grew out of a very small beginning. The sisters of the House of Mercy at Ditchingham, feeling the want of a hospital in the midst of the villagers, established one in a cottage, and worked it so successfully for a short time that they felt the necessity of erecting the larger and more permanent building shown in the illustration. The plan of a one-storied building was adopted because it possessed many advantages for the sick and crippled inmates of a hospital, besides allowing of a more effectual working at a small cost; and hence, although such a building may appear costly at first, it will be found in the end to be economical, from bringing the whole establishment under direct supervision. The hospital will provide beds for twenty patients, beside' the necessary accommodation for sisters, nurses, etc. The building is constructed of red brick, and the roofs covered with tiles, all made in the locality by the builder; the stone used is yellow Ancaster. Very little plastering is used internally, the brickwork being simply pointed; the wards are finished in cement. Great attention has been paid to the ventilation of the building, as also to its water supply and drainage. The cost of the building will be about £3,000. Mr Botwright of Bungay, is the builder, and  Mr R J Withers of 11 Adam Street, Adelphi, the architect. The hospital is now being roofed in. [The Architect 3 August 1872 page 62]

Reference    Building News 9 August 1872 page 112
Reference    The Architect 3 August 1872 page 62