St Charles Centre For Health And Wellbeing |
| Hob Uid: 1454621 | |
Location :
Greater London Authority
Kensington and Chelsea
Non Civil Parish
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| Grid Ref : TQ2375181879 |
| Summary : The hospital on this site was built as St. Marylebone Infirmary between 1879 and 1881, accommodating 744 patients. The architect was Henry Saxon Snell, who received a letter from Florence Nightingale after the much publicised opening and opened on 29th June 1881 by the Prince and Princess of Wales. At the time it relieved pressure on the overcrowded Marylebone Workhouse. The infirmary was designed on a pavilion plan with three storey, double pavilion blocks to either side of a central corridor. It was built in yellow stock brick in 'Guardian's Gothic' style with minimal use of stone dressings and a slate roof. Four double pavilions were arranged symmetrically on a north-south axis with two each side of the centre range. The centre range provided an administrative block, kitchen, stores and services. It was fronted by a detached entrance block, which had an archway going through the centre with a chapel above. The complex was dominated by a water tower, at the north end of the centre range. It was 182 feet tall and was fed by an artesian well 500 feet deep. Externally there were stone corbels, vertical banded decoration, stone cornices, lancet louvres treated as dormers in aediculed brick surrounds and a pyramidal roof. A nurses' home was added in 1884. It was built using the same materials in a similar style to the other infirmary buildings. It had a two-storey entrance bay flanked by three-storey wings. These ended in four-storey towers with dormers mirroring the ventilating louvres of the infirmary. It is the oldest surviving nurses' home established by the Nightingale Fund for the training of nurses in Poor Law hospitals. In 1922, the infirmary was renamed St. Marylebone Hospital; in 1930 it was taken over by the London County Council and became St. Charles' Hospital, transferring to the National Health Service in 1948. Around 2012 it was renamed the St. Charles Centre for Health and Wellbeing. The buildings, including the nurses' home, are Grade II listed. |
More information : The hospital on this site was built as St. Marylebone Infirmary between 1879 and 1881, accommodating 744 patients. The architect was Henry Saxon Snell, who received a letter from Florence Nightingale after the much publicised opening and opened on 29th June 1881 by the Prince and Princess of Wales. At the time it relieved pressure on the overcrowded Marylebone Workhouse. The infirmary was designed on a pavilion plan with three storey, double pavilion blocks to either side of a central corridor. It was built in yellow stock brick in 'Guardian's Gothic' style with minimal use of stone dressings and a slate roof. Four double pavilions were arranged symmetrically on a north-south axis with two each side of the centre range. The centre range provided an administrative block, kitchen, stores and services. It was fronted by a detached entrance block, which had an archway going through the centre with a chapel above. The complex was dominated by a water tower, at the north end of the centre range. It was 182 feet tall and was fed by an artesian well 500 feet deep. Externally there were stone corbels, vertical banded decoration, stone cornices, lancet louvres treated as dormers in aediculed brick surrounds and a pyramidal roof. A nurses' home was added in 1884. It was built using the same materials in a similar style to the other infirmary buildings. It had a two-storey entrance bay flanked by three-storey wings. These ended in four-storey towers with dormers mirroring the ventilating louvres of the infirmary. It is the oldest surviving nurses' home established by the Nightingale Fund for the training of nurses in Poor Law hospitals. In 1922, the infirmary was renamed St. Marylebone Hospital; in 1930 it was taken over by the London County Council and became St. Charles' Hospital, transferring to the National Health Service in 1948. The buildings, including the nurses' home, are Grade II listed. [1-7]
Around 2012 renamed the St. Charles Centre for Health and Wellbeing, and also offers palliative care services. (8)(9) |