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PRN | 9225 | ||||
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Site or location name | Hildern House | ||||
Summary | |||||
Description | Once known as Hildern House, but now simply 15 Shrewsbury Road, this cottage served as a convalescent home and Auxiliary Hospital after WWI, looking after injured servicemen. It opened as a hospital in March 1917, with 15 beds. A legacy of poems and sketches by some of the residents is now kept in the local museum, housed in the former Fire Station. | ||||
Monument Type | AUXILIARY HOSPITAL;HOSPITAL;AUXILIARY HOSPITAL | ||||
Desgination | None | ||||
Material | BRICK | ||||
Location |
Country | ENGLAND | ||||
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County | Shifnal | ||||
Site Location | Hildern House | ||||
Postcode | TF11 8AQ | ||||
Map Reference | NGR: SJ7471107818 (374711, 307818) | ||||
Condition/Threat | |||||
Condition (Date) | Good (26-12-2016) | ||||
Source | |||||
Joint War Committee of the British Red Cross Society and the Order of St John of Jerusalem in England (1921) Reports by the Joint War Committee and the Joint War Finance Committee of the British Red Cross Society and the Order of St John of Jerusalem in England. His Majesty's Stationary Office. London. | |||||
Administration | |||||
Recorded By (Date) | John M - Geograph (01-01-2016) | ||||
Copiled On | 26-12-2016 | ||||
Last Updated | 26-12-2016 |
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Image metadata | CSV | 590 Kb |
Hildern House (15 Shrewsbury Road, Shifnal, Shropshire), the cottage served as a convalescent home and auxiliary hospital after WWI. Front elevation. (File name: 9225_965.jpg) |
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