It was a conversion of part of the garret of St Thomas's Church in 1822. The odd location is explained by the fact that it abutted the female surgical ward of St Thomas's. The hospital began to move to its present site in Lambeth in 1862, and the theatre lay forgotten until it was rediscovered in 1957. It is open to the public on most days from 10.30 am to 5pm.
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Old Operating Theatre
Church of St Thomas Apostle, (formerly St Thomas Martyr) Southwark, S.E.1. Pa...
Lived in and ran his medical practice from a house at 289, Cambridge Heath Ro...
Dermatologist and author. He wrote 'A Biographical History of British Dermato...
This school was founded in 1899 at the Albert Dock Seamen's Hospital, moving ...
The Guild is a voluntary organisation that supports the work of the hospital....
