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Sulis Hospital Bath Building
post updated 1 December 2022
Sulis Hospital Bath: celebrating twelve years of new thinking in health
Location: Peasedown St. John, near Bath, southwest England, UK
Design: Foster + Partners, architects

photo © Nigel Young / Foster + Partners
Sulis Hospital Bath
Designed by Foster + Partners, Sulis Hospital Bath is a quietly revolutionary building which incorporates biophilic design to enhance wellbeing and improve recovery times for patients. The hospital is set in the picturesque Somerset countryside, on the outskirts of Peasedown St John village.

photo © Nigel Young / Foster + Partners
Originally commissioned by Circle Health Group in 2009, as part of a privately funded initiative, the hospital has been delivering a holistic approach to healthcare for over 12 years. In 2021, it was bought by the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust and renamed Sulis Hospital Bath. This acquisition has grown the hospital?s services, increasing capacity at the facility for both NHS and private patients. Spencer de Grey, Head of Design, Foster + Partners, said: ?’Patients come first? is the central theme of our first hospital, in Bath, and is at the core of all our subsequent work in healthcare.?

photo © Nigel Young / Foster + Partners
Darron Haylock, Partner, Foster + Partners, said: ?It has been fantastic to revisit Sulis Hospital Bath ̵...