Pre-convalescent. Later, also GP unit
In 1965 St Mary's Hospital opened Chepstow Lodge as a pre-convalescent hospital (an intermediate step between hospital and convalescent home).
Chepstow Lodge comprised four converted Victorian houses in Chepstow Place, backing on St Luke's Hospital, and had 36 beds.
By 1981 it had 47 beds.
In 1982 one of the wards was converted and taken over for use by the Paddington Community Hospital - the first general practitioner (GP) hospital to open in London. Chepstow Lodge then contained 22 pre-convalescent beds and 24 GP beds.
In 1986 the Community Hospital moved to part of the vacated St Mary's Hospital (Harrow Road) site and Chepstow Lodge closed.
Present status (November 2008)
The building is now used for apartments and offices.
The main frontage of Chepstow Lodge (left) and an entry door marked 61 and 69 (right).
The building from the north (left) and the south (right).
(Author unstated) 1982 New community hospital in Paddington. British Medical Journal (Clin Res Ed) 284 (6312), 353.
North N 1984 Chepstow Lodge, Paddington. Health and Social Service Journal 94, 1054-55.
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