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Powick Hospital was a psychiatric facility located on 552 acres (2.23 km2) outside the village of Powick Worcestershire. Founded in 1847 as the Worcester County Pauper and Lunatic Asylum it was designed by architects John R. Hamilton & James Medland of Gloucester and opened in August 1852. Situated between Worcester and Malvern on former farmland known as White Chimneys the asylum was originally erected for the accommodation of 200 inmates but was later extended and by 1858 had 365 patients.
