Interior view showing the entrance hall of the Foundling Hospital School's main block

Date:
1935
Location:
Foundling Hospital School, Chesham Road, Berkhamsted, Dacorum, Hertfordshire
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Ashlyn's School, Chesham Road, Berkhamsted, Dacorum, Hertfordshire
Reference:
CC47/01157
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 became Ashlyn's School in the mid 20th century.

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

Architect: Sheppard, John Mortimer

Keywords

Entrance Hall, 20th Century Orphan School, 20th Century School, Education