Warneford Hospital
| Warneford Hospital | |
|---|---|
| Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust | |
 Warneford Hospital | |
  Shown in Oxfordshire | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom |
| Coordinates | 51°45′03″N 1°13′21″W / 51.75083°N 1.22250°W |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | Public NHS |
| Type | Teaching |
| University of Oxford | |
| Services | |
| No Accident & Emergency | |
| Beds | 104 |
| History | |
| Founded | 1826 |
| Links | |
| Website | https://www.oxfordhealth.nhs.uk |
| Lists | Hospitals in England |
The Warneford Hospital is a hospital providing mental health services at Headington in east Oxford, England.[1] The hospital is managed by the Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust.
As of 2026, the NHS trust is planning to redevelop the site in collaboration with the University of Oxford, building a new mental health hospital elsewhere on the site while converting the historic hospital building into a new college of the university, Radcliffe College.
History
The hospital opened as the Oxford Lunatic Asylum in July 1826.[2] It was designed by Richard Ingleman (1777–1838) and built of Headington stone.[3] The name commemorates the philanthropist Samuel Wilson Warneford.[4] It was renamed the Warneford Hospital in 1843[2] and extended by J.C. Buckler in 1852 and by William Wilkinson in 1877.[3]
The hospital originally charged fees for treatment of middle-class patients with a fund eventually being set up for the care of poor patients. Men and women were originally segregated on different sides of the hospital with this practice continuing into the 1950s.[5]
In 2023, Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust announced plans to redevelop the site, building a new mental health hospital and turning the historic Grade II listed hospital building into a new graduate college of the University of Oxford, provisionally named Radcliffe College, which will focus on medicine, life sciences, and related disciplines. The planning application was submitted in August 2025, and in July 2026 Oxford City Council agreed to the main application, although conditions remain to be agreed with the council.[6][7][8]
Notable staff
- Anthony Storr, teaching post, 1974-84[9]
Notable patients
- Stephen Bernard, academic and writer[10]
- Jennifer Dawson, novelist[11]
- Elyn Saks, law professor[12]
See also
References
- ↑ Hibbert, Christopher, ed. (1988). "Warnford Hospital". The Encyclopaedia of Oxford. Macmillan. pp. 491–492. ISBN 0-333-39917-X.
- 1 2 "Warneford Hospital, Oxford". National Archives. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
- 1 2 Historic England. "Warneford Hospital (1245464)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
- ↑ Lee, Sidney, ed. (1899). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 59. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ↑ "Warneford". Oxford Archives. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
- ↑ "Planning application submitted for a major mental health and medical research campus in Oxford". 23 August 2025.
- ↑ "Warneford Park: Mental health and medical research campus development gets green light from Oxford City Council". University of Oxford. 8 July 2026. Retrieved 19 July 2026.
- ↑ "Warneford Park brochure" (PDF). February 2026. Retrieved 19 July 2026.
- ↑ Stevens, Anthony (20 March 2001). "Obituary: Anthony Storr". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
- ↑ Parkinson, Hannah Jane (11 February 2018). "Fire on All Sides and Paper Cuts review – forensic accounts of surviving child rape". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
- ↑ Pattulio, Polly (26 October 2000). "Jennifer Dawson". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
- ↑ Saks, Elyn R (2007). The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness. New York: Hyperion. p. 63. ISBN 978-1-4013-0138-5.