St Luke's Hospital for the Clergy

St Luke's Hospital for the Clergy was a charity founded in 1892 to support sick members of the Anglican clergy and which owned a hospital in Fitzroy Square, London. In 2009 the building was sold (it is now a private hospital); the charity was renamed St Luke's Healthcare for the Clergy the following year.

St Luke's Hospital
St Luke's Hospital (on the right with the black hanging sign "MYA")
Shown in Westminster
Geography
LocationFitzroy Square, London, England, United Kingdom
Coordinates51.5234°N 0.1403°W / 51.5234; -0.1403
Organisation
Care systemPrivate
History
Opened1892
Links
Websitewww.stlukeshealthcare.org.uk
ListsHospitals in England

History

The hospital project was founded in 1892 by Canon William Henry Cooper and his second wife, and opened initially as a hostel in Beaumont Street accommodating seven patients before moving to larger premises at 16 Nottingham Place in 1894.[1] In 1904 two houses were acquired in Fitzroy Square. Each was rebuilt, the first being opened by Queen Alexandra in 1907, and the second opened by Queen Mary in 1923.[2] The Queen Mother visited the hospital in 1957.[1]

In 1994, the hospital was refurbished and redeveloped in a scheme designed by architect Ronald Wylde Associates.[3] On 17 January 1995, it was rededicated by the Archbishop of Canterbury, and officially reopened by Queen Elizabeth II, accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh, on 8 March 1995.[2]

Another refurbishment was undertaken in 2005 (funded by charitable donations from the Laing Family Trusts),[4] but in 2008 it was announced that, due to rising costs, the Fitzroy Square building was to be sold.[5] The hospital was transferred, together with the majority of the staff, to BMI Healthcare in April 2009 and the freehold of the property was sold to an institutional investor in June 2009.[6]

St Luke's Hospital for the Clergy re-branded itself as St Luke's Healthcare for the Clergy in January 2010 and now supports the physical and mental health of the Anglican clergy from Church House in Westminster.[2] Meanwhile, the facility in Fitzroy Square was transferred to MYA, specialists in cosmetic surgery, and became known as MYA St Luke's Hospital in 2014.[7][8]

References
  1. "St Luke's Hospital for the Clergy". Lost Hospitals of London. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  2. "About us". St Luke's Healthcare. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  3. "St Luke's Hospital for the Clergy, Fitzroy Square". Ronald Wylde Associates. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  4. "£500,000 Grant Secures Start of Development Work at St Luke's Hospital" (PDF). UK Fundraising. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  5. "St Luke's Hospital for Clergy to be sold". Church Times. 5 December 2008. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  6. "St Luke's Hospital for the Clergy 1 Past, Present and Future". Diocese of Bristol. Archived from the original on 24 May 2012. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  7. "Clinics and hospitals". MYA. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  8. "London Fitzroy Hospital becomes MYA flagship location". New Business. 14 April 2014. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
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