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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Overview
- 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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- 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
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
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.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
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.
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
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 204814
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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