Founded for the care of sick and disadvantaged men, the original building was completed in 1884, on the site of Dingle Head, and was built for Mrs Anne Turner as a memorial to her recently deceased husband and son. Her husband was Charles Turner M.P., a Liverpool merchant who originated from Yorkshire. In April, 1882 Mrs. Turner gave £40,000, with an endowment, to establish the Home for Incurables on the Dingle Head estate, to be named in memory of her late husband and son. It was reported, "Mrs. Charles Turner, widow of the late member for South West Lancashire, has made arrangements for the erection of a Home for Incurables at the Dingle-head, near Liverpool, of sufficient capacity for the reception of two-hundred patients. The building when completed will have cost, it is believed, a sum approaching £40,000, and Mrs. Turner's munificence will include a suitable endowment for the maintenance of the instituton."
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| These side-by-side maps show both Dingle Head and the Turner home. |
The first full title of the home was 'The Turner Memorial Home of Rest
for Chronic Sufferers' and it was
opened in 1884. Designed by the architect Alfred Waterhouse in a style variously described as Tudor in Renaissance
Gothic, Robert Griffiths in The History of ...... Toxteth, 1907 described it as a "princely monument .... an ideal home of rest,
nestling peacefully in the seclusion of shady bowers ..... remarkable
for its chaste picturesqueness .... the material used, red sandstone
..... ". The Home had its own chapel, with high timber roof, aisles and
perpendicular east window. In the entrance hall was a white marble
statue by (Sir W.) Hamo Thornycroft (1830 - 1925) "representing with
life-like fidelity" Charles Turner and his son studying a plan of the
building looking out towards the Mersey and beyond. The
original aims of the Turner Home were to provide accommodation and
residential care for chronically sick men and boys. In its early days
there was some criticism of the Home because admission was confined to
male ".. incurables belonging to the Church of England and able to
pay seven shillings per week". Because of these restrictions, "...
half-a-dozen lonely and miserable inmates have a magnificent building
all to themselves." Such exclusive rules were
relaxed and the Home is now open to all chronically sick or disabled men
"irrespective of race or religion".
By the 1980s the fabric of the building had deteriorated, and in 1984 a Centenary Appeal was launched to raise money for essential repairs and improvements. Following this, as nursing standards and regulations changed, more modern accommodation was provided. In 1993 the Eric Fischer Wing was built, containing 44 bedrooms with en-suite facilities. This was followed in 2000 by the Ian Tod Wing, which incorporated a rehabilitation unit, a lounge, and six more bedrooms with the Home continuing to function as a registered residential and nursing home for men.
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