Lancaster Moor Hospital

Lancaster Moor Hospital
The 1816 building in 2008
Lancaster Moor Hospital is located in Lancaster
Lancaster Moor Hospital
Location in Lancaster
Geography
LocationLancaster, Lancashire, England
Coordinates54°02′56″N 2°46′19″W / 54.049°N 2.772°W / 54.049; -2.772
Organisation
TypeSpecialist
Services
SpecialityPsychiatry
History
Former name(s)Lancashire County Lunatic Asylum (1816-1930)
Lancaster County Mental Hospital (1930-1948)
Opened1816
Closed2000
Listed Building – Grade II*
Official nameMoor Hospital, Blocks 40, 41, 42, 44 and 46
Designated24 January 1994
Reference no.1289436
Listed Building – Grade II
Official nameMoor Hospital, New Block
Designated24 January 1994
Reference no.1195079
Listed Building – Grade II
Official nameBoundary walls, railings, gates and gate piers at Lancaster Moor Hospital
Designated13 September 2006
Reference no.1391761

Lancaster Moor Hospital, formerly the Lancaster County Lunatic Asylum and Lancaster County Mental Hospital, was a mental hospital in Lancaster, Lancashire, England, which closed in 2000 (the mental health departments left in 1991, but others remained).