Dictionary of Sydney

The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.

Broughton Hall

Two storey Regency residence which was modified several times during the 1880s to facilitate its use as a psychiatric clinic.

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Milestone
Constructed
1841 - 1842
Name
Alternate
Broughton House
1841 - 1864
Alternate
Number 13 Australian Army Hospital
1914 - 1920
Alternate
Rivendell
1974
Property
Superseded by
Owned by
1841 - 1845
Occupied by
1844 - 1845
Occupied by
1844 - 1845
Owned by
1845
Owned by
1845 - 1846
Owned by
1846 - 1848
Owned by
1848 - 1853
Owned by
1853 - 1854
Owned by
1853 - 1864
Owned by
1864 - 1905
Owned by
1912 - 1918
Owned by
1912 - 1918
Occupied by
1921 - 1974
Type

Broughton Hall Psychiatric Clinic

,
2008

Founded by Dr Sydney Evan Jones after World War I, the Broughton Hall psychiatric clinic was one of the first in Sydney to offer treatment to patients of modest means who were not certifiably insane. The grounds and gardens were part of the therapy to divert patients from neuroses to normality.