Royal Waterloo Hospital Nurses' Home in York Road
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Royal Waterloo Hospital Nurses' Home in York Road
Royal Waterloo Hospital Nurses' Home in York Road
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SC_PHL_01_260_74_1038 (Collage 91726)
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London Metropolitan Archives: LCC Photograph Library
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Royal Waterloo Hospital Nurse's Home, 6-14 York Road, Waterloo. A three-storey terrace with the sign 'Royal Waterloo Hospital Temporary Nurses Home'. A canopied entrance in wrought iron has a sign 'Nurses Home' above. This was formerly the Waterloo Hotel. At the end of the terrace, number 16 is a Midland Bank Branch, and on the side of the building is a sign for the Old Vic Theatre with an arrow including the words 'Three minutes walk down Waterloo Road'. An advertising hoarding with the 1951 Festival of Britain logo for Phillips Lamps, Radio, Television includes the slogan 'Make your Home a Festival of Light and Entertainment'. The far end of the terrace numbers 2 and 4 have shop fronts with a poster on the second floor promoting emigration to New Zealand. On the far left is Tenison Way and the perimeter fence of the Festival of Britain incorporating multicoloured spheres. This area and the terrace is now the IMAX cinema. On Waterloo Road is a large building with a frieze THE ROYAL WATERLOO HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN. The red brick building with terracotta and blue and green tiled decoration is Grade II listed, listing number 1356166. Originally founded in the City of London in 1816 as the Universal Dispensary for Children by Dr John Bunnell Davis, it moved to this site in 1823 although it did not admit patients for another twenty years due to financial problems. In 1875 it was renamed the Royal Hospital for Children and Women, and was completely rebuilt in 1903 as the Royal Waterloo Hospital for Children and Women. At the start of the NHS it became part of St Thomas's Hospital. It is now part of the Kings College London campus.
Royal Waterloo Hospital Nurse's Home, 6-14 York Road, Waterloo. A three-storey terrace with the sign 'Royal Waterloo Hospital Temporary Nurses Home'. A canopied entrance in wrought iron has a sign 'Nurses Home' above. This was formerly the Waterloo Hotel. At the end of the terrace, number 16 is a Midland Bank Branch, and on the side of the building is a sign for the Old Vic Theatre with an arrow including the words 'Three minutes walk down Waterloo Road'. An advertising hoarding with the 1951 Festival of Britain logo for Phillips Lamps, Radio, Television includes the slogan 'Make your Home a Festival of Light and Entertainment'. The far end of the terrace numbers 2 and 4 have shop fronts with a poster on the second floor promoting emigration to New Zealand. On the far left is Tenison Way and the perimeter fence of the Festival of Britain incorporating multicoloured spheres. This area and the terrace is now the IMAX cinema. On Waterloo Road is a large building with a frieze THE ROYAL WATERLOO HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN. The red brick building with terracotta and blue and green tiled decoration is Grade II listed, listing number 1356166. Originally founded in the City of London in 1816 as the Universal Dispensary for Children by Dr John Bunnell Davis, it moved to this site in 1823 although it did not admit patients for another twenty years due to financial problems. In 1875 it was renamed the Royal Hospital for Children and Women, and was completely rebuilt in 1903 as the Royal Waterloo Hospital for Children and Women. At the start of the NHS it became part of St Thomas's Hospital. It is now part of the Kings College London campus.
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