Borocourt Hospital

Borocourt Hospital is a former psychiatric hospital building in Rotherfield Peppard that features scarlet brick walls decorated with blue brick patterns, stone mullion windows, and towers topped with corner turrets along its front facade. The structure combines French Gothic and Scottish Baronial styles, with a rib-vaulted main corridor and stained glass windows displaying royal coats of arms throughout.

The building was originally constructed between 1874 and 1884 as a private residence called Wyfold Court for cotton merchant Edward Hermon and later converted to hospital use in 1932. It functioned as a psychiatric hospital until 1993, when it ceased operations and subsequently underwent residential conversion beginning in 2000.

The architecture combines French Gothic and Scots Baronial designs, with a rib-vaulted main corridor and stained glass windows depicting royal coats of arms.

The building is now divided into residential apartments and is not open to the public for interior visits. Visitors can view the exterior architecture and observe decorative features such as gargoyles and heraldic beasts from outside the perimeter.

The building includes decorative elements such as gargoyles, heraldic beasts on brick gables, and traceried windows throughout its exterior design.

Location: Rotherfield Peppard

Inception: 1932

GPS coordinates: 51.53640,-1.01650

Latest update: December 12, 2025 09:06