Archway Hospital

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

Archway Hospital
Archway Hospital
Shown in Camden
Geography
LocationArchway Road, Highgate, London.
Coordinates51.5671°N 0.1361°W / 51.5671; -0.1361
Organisation
Care systemNational Health Service
TypeGeneral
History
Opened1879
Closed1948

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]

It was taken over by the London County Council in 1930 and renamed Archway Hospital.[1] It became the Archway Wing of 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]

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