Entry Type | Corporate |
Corporate Name | Wye House Asylum |
Place | Buxton |
Epithet | private asylum |
Dates | 1861-1912 |
History | Designed by architect Henry Currey in 1859, the asylum opened in 1861. Grace's Guide of 1882 carried an advert reading: 'Wye House Asylum, Buxton, Derbyshire, an establishment for the care and treatment of the insane of the higher and middle classes... Erected in 1861 by his Grace The Duke of Devonshire'
It became Cavendish School in 1912 and from 1949 it was the Cavendish Grammar School for Girls. Demolished in the 1990s after the co-educational Buxton Community School was built. |
Source | Grace's Guide of 1882 |
Authorised Form of Name | Buxton; Wye House Asylum; 1861-1912; private asylum |
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