Inverforth House
North End Way, NW3 7EU
Medical dates:
Medical character:
Independent
In 1956 The Hill, a 60-room
mansion in 8 acres of ground, was left by Lord Inverforth to Manor
House Hospital. It was renamed Inverforth House and became the
women's section of Manor House Hospital, with about 100 beds and a
Nurses' Home for 60-70 staff.
Never part of the NHS, the Hospital was funded by the trades unions.
In 1998 Manor House Hospitals Ltd was placed in voluntary liquidation and the company dissolved in 2001.
Never part of the NHS, the Hospital was funded by the trades unions.
In 1998 Manor House Hospitals Ltd was placed in voluntary liquidation and the company dissolved in 2001.
Present status (March 2008)
The Grade II listed building has become a gated block of luxury flats.
The walls by the gateway bear several historic plaques.
The celebrated Hill Gardens are behind the house. The gardens became a public park in 1960 and were restored, after much neglect, in the 1990s and the 800ft-long Grade-II-listed pergola refurbished by the Corporation of London.
The Grade II listed building has become a gated block of luxury flats.
The walls by the gateway bear several historic plaques.
The celebrated Hill Gardens are behind the house. The gardens became a public park in 1960 and were restored, after much neglect, in the 1990s and the 800ft-long Grade-II-listed pergola refurbished by the Corporation of London.
Inverforth House on North End Way.
The northern building and its gates.
Left: In 2002 the English Heritage blue plaque dedicated to the statistician and genetist, Ronald Aylmer Fisher, statistician and geneticist, was unveiled here. The house had been his childhood home. Right: Another blue plaque commemorates William Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme, who died in 1925. He lived here from 1904 when the property was known as 'The Hill'. The house was remodelled and enlarged and the garden redesigned.
Historic plaque to the banker John Gurney Hoare, who did much to preserve Hampstead Heath from redevelopment.
Part of the house along Inverforth Close.
The west side of Inverforth House, as seen from Hill Garden.
The south gate on North End Way (left) and a further gateway off Hill Garden leading to The Residences.
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