| Sunnyside Hospital | |
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 Sunnyside Asylum, Christchurch. Completed in 1891, this was one of Mountfort's last major works. Designed in a chateauesque Gothic, the large windows created the air of a country house rather than place of incarceration. | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Christchurch, Canterbury Region, New Zealand |
| Coordinates | 43°33′03″S 172°35′34″E / 43.5509°S 172.5929°E |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | No |
| History | |
| Opened | 1863 |
| Closed | 1999 |
| Links | |
| Lists | Hospitals in New Zealand |
Sunnyside Hospital (1863–1999) was the first mental asylum to be built in Christchurch, New Zealand. It was initially known as Sunnyside Lunatic Asylum, and its first patients were 17 people who had previously been kept in the Lyttelton gaol.[1] In 2007, Hilmorton Hospital is just one of the mental health services that are based on the old Sunnyside Hospital grounds.
- ^ Blake-Palmer, Geoffrey. 1966. 'Hospitals, Mental', In A. H. McLintock, ed., An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand. (Accessed 19 August 2007)[1]