Derbyshire Royal Infirmary
{{Short description|Former hospital in Derby, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2018}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2018}}
{{Infobox hospital
| Name = Derbyshire Royal Infirmary
| Org/Group = Derby Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
| Image = 'Pepper Pot' South - restored - former Royal Derby Infirmary site (geograph 6937244).jpg
| Caption = Pepper Pot Towers
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| Location = Derby
| Country = England
| HealthCare = NHS
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| Founded = 1810 (as Derbyshire General Infirmary)
| Closed = 2009
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| map_type = Derbyshire
| map_caption = Shown in Derbyshire
| coordinates={{Coord|52.915|-1.471|display=inline,title}}
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The Derbyshire Royal Infirmary was a hospital in Derby that opened in 1810. It was managed by the Derby Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.{{cite web |url=http://www.derbyhospitals.nhs.uk/ |title=Derby Hospitals website |publisher=Derbyhospitals.nhs.uk |date=2012-05-04 |accessdate=2012-05-17 |archive-date=21 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221232835/http://www.derbyhospitals.nhs.uk/ |url-status=dead }} Following the transfer of community services to the London Road Community Hospital located further south-east along London Road, the infirmary closed in 2009 and most of the buildings were demolished in spring 2015.
History
=Derbyshire General Infirmary=
In early 1803, the Reverend Thomas Gisborne and Isaac Hawkins Browne Esq. (Trustees of the late Isaac Hawkins Esq.) signified their intention to appropriate £5,000 towards an infirmary to be erected at Derby.Derby Mercury 24 March 1803 (page 3) advertised the meeting (to ne held on 5 April 1803) to consider the erection of an infirmary at Derby.
On 5 April 1803, following a request from the Grand Jury, the Sheriff of Derbyshire (Robert Wilmot) held a meeting to consider the founding of a hospital in Derby. At this meeting it was noted that subscriptions promised had already reached £17,215, with a further £2,592 and 18 shillings annually.Derby Mercury 7 April 1803 (page 3) reported the meeting to consider the erection of an infirmary at Derby.
On 6 October 1803, a committee was appointed consisting of all subscribers of more than £50 and it was decided that the first payment of 25% of more would be required by 12 January 1804.Derby Mercury 6 October 1803 (page 3) reported general meeting of the subscribers to fund the erection and endowment of an infirmary.
The infirmary building, principally under the inspiration of the cotton manufacturer, William Strutt,{{cite web|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0025727300068745|title=The Derbyshire General Infirmary and the Derby Philosophers: The Application of Industrial Architecture and Technology to Medical Institutions in Early-Nineteenth-Century England|first=Paul|last=Elliott|publisher=Medical History|year=2000|accessdate=14 April 2018}} made a deliberate attempt to incorporate into a medical institution the latest “fireproof” building techniques with technology developed for the textile mills.“The Derbyshire General Infirmary and the Derby Philosophers: The Application of Industrial Architecture and Technology to Medical Institutions in Early-Nineteenth-Century England“ by Paul Elliott, School of Geography,University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD. The Infirmary building opened in what is now Bradshaw Way, Derby on 4 June 1810.{{cite web|url=http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/5f2e5663-d73b-4ab4-8198-094fc76ec7cd|title=Derbyshire Royal Infirmary|publisher= National Archives|accessdate=14 April 2018}}Derby Mercury 24 May 1810 (page 3) notice that Infirmary to open on 4 June 1810
=Derbyshire Royal Infirmary=
In 1890, during the year that he was Mayor of Derby, Sir Alfred Seale Haslam managed to replace the old Derbyshire General Infirmary with the Derbyshire Royal Infirmary. That year there had been an outbreak of disease at the old infirmary and Sir William Evans, President of the Infirmary arranged a three-day inspection which condemned the old building. When Queen Victoria came to lay a foundation stone for the new hospital on 21 May 1891 she knighted Haslam for his services and gave permission for the term "Royal" to be used.{{cite book|title=Permanent Record of Queen Victoria's State Visit to Derby |publisher=W.Hobson|location=Market Place, Derby|year=1891|url=https://archive.org/stream/permanentrecord00unkngoog/permanentrecord00unkngoog_djvu.txt|page=48}} The new Derbyshire Royal Infirmary, designed by the architects Young and Hall, was completed and officially opened in 1894.
In the 2000s, most services were gradually transferred to the new Royal Derby Hospital, leaving only community services on the Infirmary site. Following the transfer of the community services to the London Road Community Hospital located further south-east along London Road, the infirmary closed in 2009{{cite web|url=http://www.itv.com/news/central/update/2014-09-17/former-derbyshire-royal-infirmary-site-up-for-sale/|title=Former Derbyshire Royal Infirmary site up for sale|date=17 February 2014|publisher=ITV|accessdate=18 October 2018}} and most of buildings were demolished in spring 2015.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-30943802|title=Derby Royal Infirmary site: Demolition work begins|date=23 January 2015|publisher=BBC|accessdate=14 April 2018}} However a facade with its two "pepper-pot towers" dating back to 1894 was retained for redevelopment.{{cite web|url=https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/derby-news/thousands-people-signed-petition-against-330008|title=Thousands sign petition against demolition of Derby's 'pepper pot' towers|date=19 August 2017|publisher=Derby Telegraph|accessdate=14 April 2018}}
A Florence Nightingale stained glass window was commissioned in the late 1950s for the chapel at the Derbyshire Royal Infirmary. During 2010, St Peter's Church, Derby raised £6,000 to rehouse and display the Nightingale window in a back-lit position at the west of the north aisle. On 9 October 2010, the church rededicated the window in a service featuring the Hospital Choir and the Rolls-Royce Male Voice Choir with original music by Dana and Anne de Waal. The Rt Rev Alastair Redfern, Bishop of Derby, presided.{{Cite web |url=http://www.stpetersderby.org.uk/DRI_window.html |title=St Peter's Church, Derby |access-date=9 October 2010 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20110725042856/http://www.stpetersderby.org.uk/DRI_window.html |archive-date=25 July 2011 |url-status=dead }}
= Nightingale Quarter =
Redevelopment on the former site of the Derbyshire Royal Infirmary started in 2020 after initially being halted due to the coronavirus pandemic. Renamed the 'Nightingale Quarter' - after Florence Nightingale - by developer Wavensmere Homes, the new site covers 18.5 acres and includes over 900 new residential properties.{{Cite news |date=2020-09-02 |title=Work begins on first homes at former Derbyshire Royal Infirmary site |language=en-GB |work=DerbyshireLive |url=https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/derby-news/work-begins-first-homes-former-4477005 |access-date=2022-03-07 |issn=0307-1235}}
In 2022, Wavensmere Homes appointed Joseph Mews Property Group to bring the first release of these apartments - The Pavilion - to market.{{Cite news |date=2022-02-03 |title=Redevelopment of Derby Royal Infirmary will offer contemporary apartments |language=en-GB |work=DerbyshireLive |url=https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/special-features/redevelopment-derby-royal-infirmary-offer-6579689 |access-date=2022-03-07 |issn=0307-1235}} The "pepper-pot towers" were turned into on-site amenities for residents including a gym and restaurant, while the existing exteriors were restored.{{Cite web |title=The Pavilion {{!}} Nightingale Quarter |url=https://joseph-mews.com/development/the-pavilion/ |access-date=2022-03-07 |website=Joseph Mews |language=en-GB}}
Gallery
File:DerbyRoyalInfirmary1891.JPG|Derbyshire Royal Infirmary in 1891
File:Derby DRI stained glass window at St Peters squared.JPG|Florence Nightingale stained-glass window, originally at the Royal Infirmary Chapel and now moved to St Peter's Church, Derby
File:Hospitals and Asylums of the World - Portfolio of Plans, p. 14.jpg|1893 Floor plan of Derbyshire Royal Infirmary
File:Hospitals and Asylums of the World - Portfolio of Plans, p. 15.jpg|1893 Floor plan of Derbyshire Royal Infirmary
File:Derbyshire R Infirmary.jpg|The infirmary in 2009
File:Derbyshire Royal Infirmary pepper pots.jpg|Derbyshire Royal Infirmary in 2017: only the two "pepper-pot towers" remain