Mossley Hill Mental Health Facility

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

Developed for Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust, Sutcliffe is providing civil and structural engineering design services for a new mental health facility in Mossley Hill, Liverpool. The facility, designed in collaboration with Gilling Dod Architects and Graham Construction, features 80 single bedrooms with en-suite bathrooms, aiming to enhance patient privacy and dignity.

Mossley Hill Hospital
At a glance

What we delivered

  • Designed a new 80-bed mental health facility for Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
  • Replaced traditional dormitory-style wards with single bedrooms and en-suite bathrooms
  • Incorporated facilities for privacy, recovery, family visits, safe green spaces, and activity areas
  • Providing Civil and structural engineering design services
  • Designed below-ground drainage for foul and surface water
  • Engineered substructure (including traditional pad & strip foundations) and superstructure (including retaining walls and a lightweight roof)

Mossley Hill Mental Health Facility

Sutcliffe, in collaboration with Gilling Dod Architects and Graham Construction, is providing design services for a new state-of-the-art Mental Health Facility in Mossley Hill, Liverpool, for Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust. The project aims to replace traditional shared dormitory wards with single bedrooms featuring en-suite bathrooms, enhancing privacy and dignity for patients. The facility includes modern therapeutic environments, family visiting areas, safe green spaces, and activity areas. Sutcliffe’s role involves Civil and Structural Engineering design, including below-ground drainage, cut and fill analysis, and the design of substructure and superstructure elements.

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Our work includes designing below-ground drainage systems for both foul and surface water and conducting a detailed cut and fill analysis. The structural design encompasses substructure elements such as traditional pad and strip foundations and retaining walls, along with a lightweight roof design.

This state-of-the-art facility will offer a modern therapeutic environment, incorporating family visiting areas, safe green spaces, and activity zones, and will serve as a central hub for a range of mental health services in Liverpool.

Contractor: Graham Construction
Architect: Gilling Dod
Contract Value: £54M