The Princess Louise Hospital was a health facility in
Kensington
Kensington is a district in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in the West End of London, West of Central London.
The district's commercial heart is Kensington High Street, running on an east–west axis. The north-east is taken up b ...
,
London. It was managed by the
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust.
History
The hospital has its origins in the Kensington Dispensary in Holland Street which opened in 1815 and moved to Church Street in 1849.
The foundation stone for a new purpose-built hospital focussing on the treatment of children was laid by
Princess Louise Princess Louise may refer to:
;People:
* Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll, 1848–1939, the sixth child and fourth daughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom
* Princess Louise, Princess Royal and Duchess of Fife, 1867–1931, the ...
in St Quintin Avenue in 1926 and the new facility was officially opened by
King George V and
Queen Mary as the Princess Louise Hospital for Children in 1928.
[ It joined the National Health Service in 1948 and was converted for geriatric use in 1970.][ After services transferred to St Charles' Hospital, the Princess Louise Hospital closed in 2006.][ The site was sold to the Clarendon Group and it was subsequently redeveloped for residential use.]
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Defunct hospitals in London