 "Cherry Farm Hospital", a psychiatric hospital serving the Dunedin area, opened in 1952, and patients from Seacliff Mental Hospital at Seacliff were relocated there soon afterwards.Cherry Farm Hospital epitomised the village-asylum atmosphere in name and design, contrasting with the harsh conditions in the fortress-like Seacliff Hospital.When the hospital closed in 1992, it was the consequence of new arrangements for the three groups of patients that remained.