Former Merchant Seamen's Orphan Asylum at Wanstead Hospital and chapel to the north west of Wanstead Hospital.

Former Merchant Seamen's Orphan Asylum at Wanstead Hospital and chapel to the north west of Wanstead Hospital, Victory Road, Wanstead, London

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II*
List Entry Number:: 1200737
Date first listed:: 22-Feb-1979
List Entry Name:: Former Merchant Seamen's Orphan Asylum at Wanstead Hospital and chapel to the north west of Wanstead Hospital.
Statutory Address:: Former Merchant Seamen's Orphan Asylum at Wanstead Hospital and chapel to the north west of Wanstead Hospital, Victory Road, Wanstead, London

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II*
List Entry Number:: 1200737
Date first listed:: 22-Feb-1979
List Entry Name:: Former Merchant Seamen's Orphan Asylum at Wanstead Hospital and chapel to the north west of Wanstead Hospital.
Statutory Address 1:: Former Merchant Seamen's Orphan Asylum at Wanstead Hospital and chapel to the north west of Wanstead Hospital, Victory Road, Wanstead, London

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For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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Location

Statutory Address:: Former Merchant Seamen's Orphan Asylum at Wanstead Hospital and chapel to the north west of Wanstead Hospital, Victory Road, Wanstead, London

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County:: Greater London Authority
District:: Redbridge (London Borough)
Parish:: Non Civil Parish
National Grid Reference:: TQ 40500 89224

Details

This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 5 June 2023 to update the address and amend description due to change of building use and to reformat the text to current standards

TQ 48 NW 5/7

VICTORY ROAD Former Merchant Seamen's Orphan Asylum at Wanstead Hospital and chapel to the north west of Wanstead Hospital.

(Formerly listed under HERMON HILL E11)

II* 1861 opened 1863 and closed in 1921. Subsequent uses include a convent and hospital before conversion into apartments during the late 1990s. Designed by George Somers Clarke. Built as Merchant Seamen's Orphan Asylum.A symmetrical design in banded red brick with Ancaster stone dressings. Three storeys plus gable dormers in hipped tiled roof: tower with squat spire. Modified Venetian gothic style. The chief external features are the tower and spire and the porch with Devonshire marble columns. The great hall was added in 1866.

Listing NGR: TQ4050089224

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Legacy System number:: 204814
Legacy System:: LBS

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This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.