Tag Archives: Humphreys of Knightsbridge

Hospitals Investigator 11 revised

Posted on May 6, 2017 by Harriet Richardson

In February 1993, Robert Taylor from the Cambridge team of the RCHME Hospitals Project, produced his eleventh newsletter. Here are snippets on prefabricated hospitals by Humphreys, early prison infirmaries, provision of accommodation for tuberculosis in workhouses, the Metropolitan Asylums Board, … Continue reading →

Posted in English Hospitals | Tagged architecure, historic photographs, Humphreys of Knightsbridge, John Howard, Portal Frame, Prison infirmaries, Second World War, temporary buildings, Tuberculosis | Leave a comment

Humphreys’ Hospitals

Posted on August 30, 2015 by Harriet Richardson

This post takes another look at prefabs and temporary buildings, following on from those featuring Doecker and Ducker. Perhaps the most prolific supplier and manufacturer in England was Humphreys of Knightsbridge. It was Humphreys’ firm which, in 1907, provided the wood … Continue reading →

Posted in English Hospitals, isolation hospitals, Scottish Hospitals | Tagged architecture, Dorset, Ernest Shackleton, historic photographs, Humphreys of Knightsbridge, infectious diseases hospital, iron buildings, Purbeck, temporary buildings, Victorian Architecture | 4 Comments

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Tag Archives: Humphreys of Knightsbridge

Hospitals Investigator 11 revised

Humphreys’ Hospitals

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