St Clements Hospital was a Victorian mental health hospital in Mile End

Mile End

Mile End is an area within the East End of London, England, and part of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It is located east-northeast of Charing Cross...

, in the East End of London. It closed in 2005.

History

The buildings were originally built in 1848-49 as a workhouse

Workhouse

In England and Wales a workhouse, colloquially known as a spike, was a place where those unable to support themselves were offered accommodation and employment...

, for the Board of Guardians of the City of London Union. It became an infirmary for the CLU in 1874, and in 1912 the Bow Institution for the long-term sick. In 1936 it became a psychiatric unit, under the St Clements name again. It became part of the London Hospital in 1968 and went through various organisational changes until closure in 2005. Services were transferred to a new Adult Mental Health Facility at Mile End Hospital in October 2005.

The site is now owned by the Homes & Communities Agency, who intend to create 275 new dwellings on the site. Local campaigners are advocating that it become the site of the UK's first urban Community Land Trust

Community land trust

A community land trust is a nonprofit corporation which acquires and manages land on behalf of the residents of a place-based community, while preserving affordability and preventing foreclosures for any housing located upon its land.-Key features:...

.http://www.londoncitizensclt.co.uk