To your left you will see the orchard, still featuring some of the apple trees originally planted in the 1820s. The orchards were part of the working farm on the Warneford site. Beyond the orchard is Warneford Meadow, an area of land purchased in 1918 to supplement the amount of land available to patients for … Read more
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The Oxford University Dept. of Psychiatry has been based at the Warneford site since 1969, following the appointment of Michael Gelder as the first professor. Professor Gelder had his office in the main building, and “temporary buildings” (still in use today) opposite the May Davidson Building were used for other academic staff. A new building … Read more
The Apple House was probably built in the 1830s. The original purpose of the building was for the storage of apples harvested from the Warneford’s orchards. It was fitted out with wooden shelving for the purpose. Gerda Wilson, a speech and language therapist working at the Warneford from 1966 to 1998 (sponsored by Dr Seymour … Read more
