Royal Star and Garter Home, Richmond
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General information | |
Location | Richmond, London, UK |
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Design and construction | |
Architect | Sir Edwin Cooper, based on a 1915 plan by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott[1] |
Listed Building – Grade II
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Official name | Royal Star and Garter Home |
Designated | 30 May 1990 |
Reference no. | 1254353 |
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The Royal Star and Garter Home, Richmond on Richmond Hill, in Richmond, London was built between 1921 and 1924 to a design by Sir Edwin Cooper,[2] based on a 1915 plan by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott,[1] to provide accommodation and nursing facilities for 180 seriously injured servicemen.
The Royal Star & Garter Homes, the charitable trust running the home, announced in 2011 that it would be selling the building as it did not now meet modern requirements and could not be easily or economically upgraded.[3] The building, which is Grade II listed,[1] was sold in April 2013 for £50 million to a housing developer, London Square,[4] which, as of 2016, is restoring and converting the building into apartments.
The trust opened a new 60-room home in Solihull, West Midlands, in 2008[4][5] and the remaining residents at the Richmond home moved in August 2013[6] to a new purpose-built 63-room building in Upper Brighton Road, Surbiton in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames.[3][7][8][9] A third home will open in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire in 2017.[10][11] The possibility of opening a fourth home is also under consideration, and funds have been set aside for this purpose.[10]
History
The site is the former location of the Star and Garter Hotel, which closed in 1906. The building was used as a military hospital, known as the Star and Garter Home for Disabled Sailors and Soldiers, during World War I.[12]
The site was then donated to Queen Mary (consort of George V) in support of her plans to establish a home for paralysed and permanently disabled soldiers. The hotel banqueting hall and ballroom were temporarily used to house disabled soldiers, but the site was found to be unsuitable for their specialised needs and the hotel buildings were demolished in 1919 and rebuilt as the new Star and Garter Home for Disabled Sailors, Soldiers and Airmen.[12] The new building was dedicated in 1924 as the Women of the Empire's Memorial of the Great War.[13] It was formally opened by George V and Queen Mary on 10 July 1924.[14]
In 1948 residents of the home took part in a forerunner of the Paralympic Games, the first national athletic event for disabled athletes, organised by Dr Ludwig Guttmann.[15]
The Star and Garter Home received its royal charter in 1979, adding the prefix "Royal" to its name.[14] Since the opening of the second home at Solihull in 2008 the charity has used a plural form of the name, as "The Royal Star & Garter Homes".
Some of the residents who died at the home were buried in one of two dedicated sections in the nearby Richmond Cemetery. The cemetery contains two plots dedicated to deceased residents from the home, one of which is marked by the Bromhead Memorial, a large classical-style monument listing the names of those not commemorated elsewhere.[16]
Notable residents
Notable residents have included:
- Frederick Jeremiah Edwards (1894–1964), an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, who died at the home on 9 March 1964[17]
- Norman Jewell (1913–2004), commander of the submarine HMS Seraph during Operation Mincemeat[18]
- Nancy Wake (1912–2011), who fought with the French Resistance and lived in the home from 2003 until her death in August 2011.[19][20][21]
- Major David Mills (1918-1993), Secretary General of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club 1963-1979. [22]
See also
- Bromhead Memorial, denoting a plot in Richmond Cemetery in which deceased residents of the Royal Star and Garter Home are buried
- W. S. C. Copeman, consultant rheumatologist
- Admiral of the Fleet Caspar John, who was chairman of the Star and Garter Home from 1967 to 1972
- Sir Denis Spotswood, who was chairman of the Star and Garter Home from 1981 to 1985[23]
References
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- ↑ http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-major-david-mills-1508777.html
- ↑ Probert, Henry (1991). High Commanders of the Royal Air Force. HMSO. p.74 ISBN 0-11-772635-4
External links
- The Royal Star and Garter Homes: official website
- Lost Hospitals of London: Royal Star and Garter Home
- Catherine Whyte. "Tactical Retreat: The Royal Star & Garter", The Barnes Magazine, April 2013
Further reading
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