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]
| Belgrave Hospital for Children | |
|---|---|
| King's College Hospital Group | |
 Belgrave Hospital for Children | |
  Location within Lambeth | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Kennington, London, United Kingdom |
| Coordinates | 51°28′50.71″N 0°06′47.33″W / 51.4807528°N 0.1131472°W |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | NHS England |
| History | |
| Opened | 1899 |
| Closed | 1985 |
History edit
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 edit
- Arthur Bankart, orthopaedic surgeon best known for describing the Bankart lesion and Bankart repair for shoulder dislocation.[6]
- Frances Ethel Barwell RRC, (1868–1963), Matron 1899– until at least 1928.[7] Barwell trained at The London Hospital under Eva Luckes between 1894 and 1896.[8] She was given leave of absence to serve in France, March 1915 – April 1919 as a Sister in the Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military nursing Service Reserve.[8]
- Sir Farquhar Buzzard, prominent British physician and Regius Professor of Medicine at the University of Oxford (1928–1943).[9]
- Clinton Thomas Dent, surgeon, author and mountaineer.[10]
- Robert Farquharson, Scottish doctor and Liberal politician, who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Aberdeenshire West.[11]
- Alfred Morcom, medical doctor and first-class cricketer.[12]
- Flora Murray, Scottish medical pioneer, and a member of the Women's Social and Political Union suffragettes.[13]
Dan Leno edit
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 edit
References edit
- ^ "King's College Archive Catalogue". Archived from the original on 26 September 2013. Retrieved 26 September 2013.
- ^ "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
- ^ Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1358241)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c "Belgrave Hospital for Children". Lost Hospitals of London. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
- ^ "Bankart, Arthur Sydney Blundell (1879–1951)". Parr's Lives of the Fellows. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
- ^ 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]
- ^ 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)
- ^ "Sir Edward Farquhar Buzzard". Royal College of Physicians. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
- ^ "Dent, Clinton Thomas (1850–1912)". Parr's Lives of the Fellows. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
- ^ "Robert Farquharson". Royal College of Physicians. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
- ^ "Doctor Morcom, Father and Son" (PDF). Dunstable and District Local History Society. 2005. p. 168. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
- ^ "Remembering the Suffragettes: Flora Murray". London School of Economics. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
- ^ Anthony, Barry (2010). The King's Jester. London: I. B. Taurus & Co. p. 197. ISBN 978-1-84885-430-7.