Plaque

St Benedict's Hospital - piers

Erection date: 2016

Inscription

Site of Tooting Military Hospital during World War 1; St Benedict's Hospital 1931 - 1981; and previously St Joseph's RC College and Tooting Home for the Age and Infirm.
2016
Wandsworth Council

Site: St Benedict's Hospital - piers (1 memorial)

SW17, Church Lane

The site has been redeveloped for housing. What remains of the hospital are these entrance gate piers (at the north-east corner of the site), and the main block's portico and turret.

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St Benedict's Hospital

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