Archway Hospital Explained

Archway Hospital
Location:Archway Road, Highgate, London.
Map Type:United Kingdom London Camden
Coordinates:51.5671°N -0.1361°W
Healthcare:National Health Service
Type:General
Founded:1879
Closed:1948

Archway Hospital was a name used to refer to the infirmary building which opened in 1879 on Archway Road in Archway, London.

History

The facility has its origins in the Holborn Union Infirmary, which was designed by Henry Saxon Snell and opened in 1879.[1] [2] It became the Holborn and Finsbury Hospital in 1921.[1]

In 1928, the hospital took over the Prudential Assurance Company's Furnival House hostel for domestic servants in Cholmeley Park for use as a nurses' home.[3]

The hospital was taken over by the London County Council in 1930 and renamed Archway Hospital.[1] It became the Archway Wing of the Whittington Hospital on the establishment of the NHS in 1948.[1] [4]

In 1998, the Archway Wing was jointly purchased by University College London and Middlesex University to form the Archway campus. The teaching and research facility closed in 2013 and the site was sold to the Peabody Trust for redevelopment.[5]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Archway Hospital. Lost Hospitals of London. 27 October 2016.
  2. Web site: St Pancras. Workhouses. 22 February 2020.
  3. Web site: Furnival House. Historic England . 31 March 2017.
  4. Web site: Archway Hospital, London. Lost Hospitals of London. 22 February 2020.
  5. Web site: Archway Campus site background. The Governors of the Peabody Trust. 31 March 2017.