Exterior view showing the entrance front of the main block at the Foundling Hospital School

Date:
1935
Location:
Foundling Hospital School, Chesham Road, Berkhamsted, Dacorum, Hertfordshire
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Ashlyn's School, Chesham Road, Berkhamsted, Dacorum, Hertfordshire
Reference:
CC47/01151
Type:
Photograph (Negative)
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Description

The Foundling Hospital was established in 1739 by Thomas Coram to house and educate abandoned or orphaned children. Originally located in Bloomsbury, London, in 1926 it was temporarily relocated to Redhill in Surrey while a new purpose-built building was erected in Berkhamsted. The new Foundling Hospital opened in 1935. The building is now (2021) in use as Ashlyn's School.

Content

This is part of the Series: FEL01/02 Photographs Taken By Herbert Felton For The Architect And Building News, The Architects' Journal, And The Architectural Review; within the Collection: FEL01 Herbert Felton Collection

Rights

Source: Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Photographer: Felton, (Leo) Herbert: The Architect And Building News

Architect: Sheppard, John Mortimer

Keywords

Entrance Block, Early 20th Century Orphan School, Early 20th Century School