I. Account of the construction of the asylum, and the early proceedings connected therewith : II. Second annual report / Sussex County Lunatic Asylum, Haywards' Heath.

  • Sussex County Lunatic Asylum (Haywards Heath, England)
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[1861]
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Credit: I. Account of the construction of the asylum, and the early proceedings connected therewith : II. Second annual report / Sussex County Lunatic Asylum, Haywards' Heath. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    devolved upon them, invited five eminent architects, who were all experienced in the erection of Lunatic Asylums, to furnish designs, with plans and estimates, for the proposed Asylum for the County. Four of those gentlemen complied with the request, and the several plans and designs, together with their respective estimates, received the anxious and careful consideration of the Committee ; it was eventually determined that those of Mr. Henry Edward Kendall, Jun., of 33, Bruns¬ wick Square, London, were the most eligible, as well as the least expensive, and accordingly they were selected ;—such plans and estimates were submitted to the Commissioners in Lunacy, and by them reported to the Secretary of State, who duly approved of them, and they were then submitted, at the Epiphany Sessions, 1857, to this Court for approbation, which was at once given. That the Committee immediately afterwards took steps for obtaining tenders for the erection of the Building, and at the Easter Sessions, 1857, they reported that they had entered into a contract with Messrs. Rees and. Ayers, of Dover, for erecting the Asylum for the sum of £37,400 ; such contract was approved by the Court, and Messrs. Rees and Ayers commenced their work. That a Sub-Committee was appointed to superintend their progress, and, in addition to the frequent visits made by individual members, fortnightly meetings were held at the Works by such Sub-Committee, and monthly meetings by the general Committee, during the erection of the Asylum. The progress made was from time to time reported to the Sessions, and at Easter Sessions, 1858, the Building, having been sufficiently advanced to require that provision should be made for the Engineering Works, a contract, which had