The Park Hospital was erected between 1895 and 1897 by the 'Metropolitan Asylums Board' (MAB) at a cost of £280,000. It was officially opened by the Prince of Wales on 12th July 1897. At the time it was the largest fever hospital in the country providing accommodation for 548 fever patients and 300 staff. The architect was Edwin T. Hall. The Bedford Lemere daybook records the Teale Fireplace Company as clients.
This is part of the Series: HBL01/01 Series Of Photographic Negatives And Prints; within the Collection: HBL01 The Bedford Lemere Collection
Source: Historic England Archive
Photographer: Boucher, Adolphe Augustus: Bedford Lemere And Company
Fireplace, Victorian Hospital, Victorian Infectious Diseases Hospital