Fairmile Hospital, Cholsey, Wallingford, England

This site is NOT open to public.

Brief description of site

Fairmile Hospital was built in 1868-70 as the pauper asylum for Berkshire. The total site covers 39 hectares, of which the gardens are about 26 hectares in area. The gardens include 6 hectares of airing courts, gardens and pleasure grounds, and about 20 hectares of kitchen gardens, orchards and paddocks.

Brief history of site

Architect C H Howell was commissioned in 1867 to design an asylum to accommodate 285 patients. Construction commenced in March 1868 with the appointment of Mansfield, Price and Co. of London as contractors. The asylum buildings, including the chapel and farm, were completed in 1870. Gardening and work on the asylum farm, orchard, and vegetable garden formed an important part of the patients' regime, with over fifty patients being thus employed in 1871.

Location information:

OS Landranger Map Sheet Number:	174	Grid Ref:	SU598859
Latitude:	51.56881	Longitude:	-1.138599

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