The picturesque qualities of Napsbury no doubt made its adaptation appealing for the developers of the site, and it is now at the heart of Napsbury Park – a residential development near St Albans largely constructed between 2002 and 2008 (see blog post on Napsbury here). One of the detach...
By the 1920s America was forging ahead in refining the treatment of convalescents. The main sources of information were publication by John Bryant in the 1920s, and the example of the Burke Foundation near New York. The Burke Foundation had 300 beds and dealt with many cases previously exclud...
It seems to have become a maternity hospital in the late 1930s. In the 1950s the maternity hospital had 14 beds. By the 1970s the hospital had closed and the buildings adapted as the Elizabeth Summers Home for the Elderly. The old hospital buildings were demolished and the site is now o...
The picturesque qualities of Napsbury no doubt made its adaptation appealing for the developers of the site, and it is now at the heart of Napsbury Park – a residential development near St Albans largely constructed between 2002 and 2008 (see blog post on Napsbury here). One of the detach...