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Queen's Road, Richmond
Queen's Road is a street in Richmond in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, running southwestwards from Sheen Road up Richmond Hill until it meets the street of that name by the former Star and Garter Home. It forms a section of the B353 road and runs roughly parallel to the edge of Richmond Park. Pesthouse Common, now an area of open space but previously the site of a plague house, is located near the northern end of the street. The street includes three schools – Christ's School which is a secondary school, and two primary schools, Marshgate Primary School and St Elizabeth's RC Primary School. The former Richmond Theological College was the site of the Richmond American University from 1972 to 2022 until it relocated to Chiswick Park. The street dates back until at least the eighteenth century, when it was a carriageway across common land in what was then largely rural Surrey. Historically named Black Horse Lane after a public house at the junction with Shee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Star And Garter Home (March 2010) 1
The Royal Star and Garter Home on Richmond Hill, London, Richmond Hill, in Richmond, London, was built between 1921 and 1924 to a design by Edwin Cooper (architect), Sir Edwin Cooper, based on a plan produced by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott in 1915, to provide accommodation and nursing facilities for 180 seriously injured servicemen. Royal Star & Garter, the Charitable trusts in English law, 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. The building, which is listed building, Grade II listed, was sold in April 2013 for £50 million to a housing developer, London Square, which has restored the building and converted it into apartments. The trust opened a new 60-room home in Solihull in the West Midlands in 2008 and the remaining residents at the Richmond home moved in 2013 to a new purpose-built 63-room building in Upper Brighton Road, Surbiton, in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |