| AdminHistory | A Court Assembly of 1 April 1752, having decided that the cells used by lunatics were in such poor condition that they must be rebuilt, appointed a committee to consider this. On receiving its report on 1 July, the Court agreed to adopt one of several plans submitted by a surveyor, Mr Du Bisson, and to issue a public appeal for funds, incorporating a memorandum drawn up by the Sub-Governor, Henry Guinand. The amenities in the new building included (Committee Minute 20 April 1754) a cold bath 'constructed like the one at Bedlam', in the form of a large cistern five feet deep.
The new 'petites maisons' had been completed before the end of 1754, and on 24 May 1755 the Court also asked the committee (following discussion at an earlier Court) to arrange for the building of a small addition to the main building, in the shape of a gardener's house with two stories of inmates' rooms above, as well as a mortuary. The architect, as for the previous building, was Mr Boulton Mainwaring. |