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Belgrave Hospital for Children

Coordinates: 51°28′50.71″N 0°06′47.33″W / 51.4807528°N 0.1131472°W / 51.4807528; -0.1131472
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Belgrave Hospital for Children
King's College Hospital Group
Belgrave Hospital for Children
Belgrave Hospital for Children is located in London Borough of Lambeth
Belgrave Hospital for Children
Location within Lambeth
Geography
LocationKennington, London, United Kingdom
Coordinates51°28′50.71″N 0°06′47.33″W / 51.4807528°N 0.1131472°W / 51.4807528; -0.1131472
Organisation
Care systemNHS England
History
Opened1899; 125 years ago (1899)
Closed1985; 39 years ago (1985)

The Belgrave Hospital for Children in Kennington, London, United Kingdom was a voluntary hospital founded in Pimlico, London in 1866.[1] A new hospital building was constructed between 1899 and 1926 at 1 Clapham Road from a design by Charles Holden.[2] It was designated a Grade II* listed building in 1981 and is currently residential flats.[3]

History

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The hospital was founded in 1866 and was originally sited in Gloucester Street, Pimlico.[4] The Kennington building was designed by Charles Holden, on a site plan by H. Percy Adams,[4] and was built in stages between 1899 and 1926.[5] The foundation stone was laid by Princess Beatrice on 27 June 1900.[4]

It joined the National Health Service in 1948 as part of the King's College Hospital Group.[5] It closed in 1985 and remained disused until it was converted into residential accommodation in the 1990s.[5]

Notable staff

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The Belgrave Hospital for Children, front detail

Dan Leno

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On 20 October 1904, the music hall star Dan Leno donated £625 to the hospital after his last show. He died 11 days later.[14]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "King's College Archive Catalogue". Archived from the original on 26 September 2013. Retrieved 26 September 2013.
  2. ^ "The Removal of the Belgrave Hospital for Children to South London". Br Med J. 2 (1959): 201–202. 1898. doi:10.1136/bmj.2.1959.201-b. PMC 2434116. PMID 20757962. Free full text
  3. ^ Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1358241)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
  4. ^ a b c "Brixton: The Wright estate Pages 106-108 Survey of London: Volume 26, Lambeth: Southern Area". British History Online. LCC 1966. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
  5. ^ a b c "Belgrave Hospital for Children". Lost Hospitals of London. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
  6. ^ "Bankart, Arthur Sydney Blundell (1879–1951)". Parr's Lives of the Fellows. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
  7. ^ Barwell, Frances Ethel, Register of Nurses, General Part 1928, No.16057; The General Nursing Council for England and Wales; The Nursing Registers, 1898–1968 [Available at: www.ancestry.co.uk, accessed on 28 January 2018]
  8. ^ a b Rogers, Sarah (2022). 'A Maker of Matrons’? A study of Eva Lückes’s influence on a generation of nurse leaders:1880–1919' (Unpublished PhD thesis, University of Huddersfield, April 2022)
  9. ^ "Sir Edward Farquhar Buzzard". Royal College of Physicians. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
  10. ^ "Dent, Clinton Thomas (1850–1912)". Parr's Lives of the Fellows. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
  11. ^ "Robert Farquharson". Royal College of Physicians. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
  12. ^ "Doctor Morcom, Father and Son" (PDF). Dunstable and District Local History Society. 2005. p. 168. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
  13. ^ "Remembering the Suffragettes: Flora Murray". London School of Economics. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
  14. ^ Anthony, Barry (2010). The King's Jester. London: I. B. Taurus & Co. p. 197. ISBN 978-1-84885-430-7.