Lodge to Royal Albert Hospital, Ashton Road, Lancaster, Lancashire

This building was built as the gateway to the Royal Albert Idiot Asylum. It was a psychiatric hospital designed by Paley and Austin in 1868-1873. It was "for idiots and imbeciles of the seven northern counties." It is built in a Gothic Revival style of architecture.

Location

Lancashire Lancaster

Period

Victorian (1837 - 1901)

Tags

gateway hospital asylum mental health welfare gothic architecture Victorian (1837 - 1901)