Royal Ear Hospital was a hospital in Capper Street, London. It was managed by the

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History

The hospital was founded by John Curtis, a naval surgeon, at Carlisle Street in 1816. It moved to Dean Street in

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shortly thereafter and then to Frith Street in 1876 and then back to Dean Street in 1904. It moved to its final home at 21 Capper Street, London in 1927 after money and land was donated by the

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and

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, Sir Geoffrey Duveen (1883–1975) in memory of his parents. After services transferred to the

Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital The Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital (the RNTNEH) was a health facility on Gray's Inn Road in London. It closed in October 2019 when services transferred to the new Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals on Huntley Street, L ...

in about 1997, the building ceased to be used for medical purposes and was then vacant for some time. In 2012, the building was occupied by the

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. There are now plans to demolish the building and replace it with a specialist ear, nose, throat and mouth unit.

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