This was the original purpose-built Nurses’ Home constructed in 1913, providing accommodation for the Warneford’s nursing staff. There were originally 16 bedrooms and rooms for relaxation, including Matron’s sitting room.
From the 1970s, it was used as a day-hospital, and after extensions in the mid-1980s to provide occupational therapy facilities, it re-opened as Cotswold House. The main building became Oxfordshire’s first specialist unit for the treatment of eating disorders, such as anorexia and bulimia. It was refurbished in 2002.
Today, both inpatients and day patients can make use of the service’s core treatment programme which provides both group and individual therapies as well as medical and dietary support. Outpatients receive individual therapy, dietetic and medical advice and families can also access support.
From this vantage point, you can also see the Vaughan Thomas Ward to your left. This acute adult ward for men is named after the Rev. Dr. Vaughan Thomas (1775-1858), Vicar of Yarnton in Oxfordshire and of Stoneleigh in Warwickshire, and the first Chairman of the Warneford Management Committee, who served in that voluntary capacity for over thirty years.
Image: original Nurses Home in 1915
Follow the path round to the right, through the archway, opposite which is the Outpatients Dept.
