Berkshire

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BRACKNELL

Church Hill House Hospital (Easthampstead Union Workhouse) SU 864 675, 100389

*Church Hill House Hospital, photographed in the 1990s. © Louis Holmsted*

BRADFIELD

Wayland Hospital (Bradfield Union Workhouse) SU 606 717, 100536

COLD ASH

Home for Sick Children SU 606 717, 100611

CROWTHORNE

Wellington College Sanatorium SU 828 635, 102759

HUNGERFORD

Hungerford Hospital (Hungerford Union Workhouse) SU 340 682, 100569

*Former Hungerford Workhouse, photographed in the 1990s (c) Louis Holmsted*

MAIDENHEAD

Maidenhead Cottage Hospital SU 880 810, 101577

St Mark’s Hospital (Maidenhead Municipal Borough Infectious Diseases Hospital) SU 871 813, 100349

*Former Maidenhead Infectious Diseases Hospital, later St Mark’s Hospital, photographed in the 1990s. © Louis Holmsted*

St Mark’s Hospital (Maidenhead Union Workhouse) SU 872 815, 100387

NEWBURY

Newbury District Hospital SU 468 663, 100447

*Postcard showing the original cottage hospital, reproduced by kind permission of Dr Nick Young*

Newbury Hospital was designed by H. G. Turner and opened 18 November 1885 with 12 beds. It was greatly extended over the years, but finally closed in 2004 when a new community hospital was opened.

*Newbury District Hospital, photographed in the 1990s (c) Louis Holmsted*

*OS 25-inch map, 1898 revised edition (CC-BY) NLS*

*OS 25-inch map, revised 1932. (CC-BY) NLS*

Sandleford Hospital (Newbury Union Workhouse) SU 473 655, 100513

OLD WINDSOR

King Edward VII Hospital, Old Windsor Unit (Windsor Union Workhouse) SU 977 737, 100237

*photographed in the 1990s. © Louis Holmsted*

The Windsor Poor Law Union was formed in 1835 and the new workhouse at Crimp Hill built soon after. It was designed by Scott and Moffatt, and built by the local firm of Bedborough and Jenner. Inmates from the Windsor Workhouse on Sheet Street were transferred here in 1840.

*25-inch OS Map revised 1910 (CC-BY) National Library of Scotland*

The long main block ran north-south with two pairs of cross-wings created a double cruciform layout. The women’s accommodation was to the north, and the men’s to the south, with a separate 50-bed infirmary to the rear. Further buildings were added for kitchens and vagrant accommodation in the late 19th century. The workhouse was later used as a hospital for the elderly (King Edward VII Hospital – Windsor Unit), which closed in 1991, and the building was converted to residential use, with new additional housing being constructed in the grounds

Windsor Smallpox Hospital SU 996 754, 100238

*25-inch OS map, revised 1898, (CC-BY) NLS*

READING

Battle Hospital (Reading Union Workhouse) SU 697 738, 100398

*Battle Hospital, photographed in the 1990s, ©* *Louis Holmsted*

Dellwood Maternity Hospital SU 710 730, 101591

Prospect Hospital (The Park Isolation Hospital) SU 685 727, 100566

Prospect Hospital, photographed in the 1990s, (c) *Louis Holmsted*

Prospect Hospital, photographed in the 1990s, © *Louis Holmsted*

Royal Berkshire Hospital SU 722 728, 100412

*Royal Berkshire Hospital, photographed in the 1990s, © Louis Holmsted*

SLOUGH

Upton Hospital (Eton Union Workhouse) SU 096 794, 100346

*Former Eton Union Workhouse, photographed in the 1990s, ©* *Louis Holmsted*

*Former Eton Union Workhouse chapel, photographed in the 1990s, ©* *Louis Holmsted*

Wexham Park Hospital

SPEEN

Speen Convalescent Home (Speen Cottage Hospital) SU 456 680, 100514

SUNNINGHIL

Heatherwood Hospital SU 914 687, 100348

*Heatherwood Hospital, photographed in the 1990s, ©* *Louis Holmsted*

WINDSOR

Combermere Barracks (Windsor Cavalry and Infantry Barracks) SU 962 757, 100141

King Edward VII Hospital SU 964 758, 100388

*King Edward VII Hospital, photographed in the 1990s, ©* *Louis Holmsted*

St Andrew’s Hospital SU 950 764, 101534

WOKINGHAM

Wokingham Hospital (Wokingham Union Workhouse) SU 803 685, 100347

WOKINGHAM WITHOUT

Pinewood Sanatorium (London Open Air Sanatorium) SU 835 659, 100342

*OS 25-inch map, revised 1910, reproduced by permission of the National Library of Scotland (CC-BY) NLS*

Built in the early 20th century as a sanatorium for tuberculosis patients sent down from London. The OS map of 1911 shows it as the ‘London Open Air Sanatorium’. During the First World War the hospital was used primarily for the treatment of Canadian and other casualties from poison gas. The 1930-32 OS map shows the hospital as the ‘Pinewood Sanatorium’. In the Second World War the huts were occupied by the ‘No.1 New Zealand General Hospital’ and then by Polish troops. It later became a small general hospital before closing in the late 1970s-80s.

Historic Hospitals

An Architectural Gazetteer

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