Salisbury Infirmary

Meanwhile, plans were drawn up by John Wood, the Younger of Bath for a new four-storey building on the site with over 100 beds.

[3] It was in the intensive care unit at the Infirmary that the Thin Lizzy singer Phil Lynott died from an alcohol and drugs related illness in January 1986.

[7] After services transferred to the newly built Salisbury District Hospital in 1991 the Infirmary closed in 1993.

[4] The frontage had a stone frieze near the top bearing the inscription 'GENERAL INFIRMARY SUPPORTED BY VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTION : 1767'.

[4] In either 1845, according to the Historic England listing information[3] or 1847, according to recent research by Salisbury Healthcare History,[4] an east wing was added to the Georgian building (to the left on photographs taken from Fisherton Street).

[4] In 1934 more alterations were proposed for the site, with the plan of works showing the large size of the infirmary campus by that time.

This work included altering the frontage by lowering the frieze with the inscription and inserting another floor with smaller windows above it.

View of the Fisherton Street Georgian frontage of Salisbury Infirmary. The central crenellated part dates from 1767-1771, but was altered several times, most recently during development for residential use in 1997. The inscription on the upper frieze (not in its original position) reads 'GENERAL INFIRMARY SUPPORTED BY VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTION : 1767'. The original entrance was on the floor above the present-day entrance, where the smaller window now sits, and was accessed by steps. 12 January 2023.
Salisbury Infirmary with parts of west and east wings, 12 January 2023.