The Princess Royal Hospital, Kingston upon Hull was an acute general hospital in

Kingston upon Hull Kingston upon Hull, usually abbreviated to Hull, is a port city and unitary authority in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It lies upon the River Hull at its confluence with the Humber Estuary, inland from the North Sea and south-east ...

, England.

History

The hospital was established as the Sutton Annexe to the

Hull Royal Infirmary Hull Royal Infirmary is a tertiary teaching hospital and is one of the two main hospitals for Kingston upon Hull (the other being Castle Hill Hospital Castle Hill Hospital is an NHS hospital to the west of Cottingham, East Riding of Yorkshi ...

on a site donated by Sir Philip Reckitt, chairman of

Reckitt and Sons Reckitt and Sons was a leading British manufacturer of household products, notably starch, black lead, laundry blue, and household polish, and based in Kingston upon Hull. Isaac Reckitt began business in Hull in 1840, and his business becam ...

, and was built between 1928 and 1931. After services transferred to the

Castle Hill Hospital Castle Hill Hospital is an NHS hospital to the west of Cottingham, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, and is run by Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. History Hull Sanatorium, designed by Joseph Hirst, was built on the site of Co ...

, the Princess Royal Hospital closed in summer 2008. It was demolished in spring 2012.

References

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