The facility opened as Long Grove Asylum in 1907 but became Long Grove Mental Hospital in 1918 and Long Grove Hospital in 1937. It joined the National Health Service in 1948.

Former patients of the hospital include George Pelham (a man who survived the sinking of two ships, including the RMS Titanic) in 1939, Josef Hassid (a Polish violin prodigy) in 1943 and Ronnie Kray (one of the Kray twins) in 1957.

The hospital closed in 1992. Most of the buildings were subsequently demolished. Those which were retained were converted into apartments and incorporated into Clarendon Park, a new development of houses and flats.

Parts of the surrounding landscaped grounds have been preserved and now form part of Horton Country Park.


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