Church House V.A.D. Hospital
Church House, Church Road, Bromley BR1 1HA
Medical
dates:
Medical
character:
Convalescent (military)
Church House V.A.D. Hospital opened in September 1915. It had 50 beds and was affiliated to the Brook General Hospital.
Present status (June 2011)
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This site is recorded as having been used as an auxiliary military hospital during WW1. No further details have (as yet) come to light. If you have any information regarding the history of the Church House V.A.D. Hospital, please contact: webmaster@ezitis.myzen.co.uk |
Present status (June 2011)
Church House was destroyed in the Blitz in 1941 during WW2. Its site, at the back of the remaining drive, is now part of the Church House Gardens Park.
The original entrance to the estate.
The gateposts and the Lodge survive.
The original line of the driveway (above and below).
The surviving parapet at the edge of the terrace (above and below).
The Park explainer.
(Author unstated) 1917 List of the various hospitals treating military cases in the United Kingdom. London, H.M.S.O.
Walker J 1979 The British Red Cross in the Bromley area 1910-1919. Bromley Local History 4, 17-23.
www.iwm.org.uk
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