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Hales Hospital was originally the Heckingham Workhouse built in 1765, and could house up to 400 inmates.
Extensions and alterations were carried out in the autumn of 1835, in accordance with the requirements for classification and segregation under the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act.
In 1927, The workhouse was closed in 1927 and converted into an institution for "mental defectives". Control passed to the Norfolk County Council in the 1930's and the building was renamed Heckingham Institution. After the creation of the National Heatlth Service, the institution became part of the NHS and renamed again, this time as Hales Hospital. The hospital closed closed around 1990.
There are plans for redevelopment, but at the time of writing (September 2009), these appear to have been put on hold.
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