Erection date: 2016
Site of Tooting Military Hospital during World War 1; St Benedict's Hospital 1931 - 1981; and previously St Joseph's RC College and Tooting Home for the Age and Infirm.
2016
Wandsworth Council
SW17, Church Lane
The site has been redeveloped for housing. What remains of the hospital are these entrance gate piers (at the north-east corner of the site), and the main block's portico and turret.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
St Benedict's Hospital - piers
Hill House, built in 1802, was the manor house on this site. It was bought by...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
St Benedict's Hospital - piers
London borough. Formed from the former Metropolitan Borough of Battersea and ...
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We found these two plaques in the basement, near the lift and stairwell. There may be others elsewhere in the store - if you find any pl...
We originally questioned the date of this plaque but Melissa Harrison wrote and convinced us that it probably is 17th century. This rea...
Patrick MacDowell, R.A., 1799 - 1870, eminent sculptor, lived here for many years.