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Surbiton Hospital, Kingston upon Thames, London |
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Oxford Archaeological Unit unpublished report series
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Oxford Archaeology has undertaken a programme of building recording at Surbiton Hospital prior to the redevelopment of the site, and concentrated on six buildings: The main hospital, The Lodge, The former mortuary, the Nurses Home (South Bank House), No. 1 Oak Hill (Elmside) and No. 3 Oak Hill (Newlands). The main buildings all date from the 1930s, with some more modern additions, while No.s 1 and 3 Oak Hill pre-date the hospital and survive from the 19th century. The hospital was a close contemporary of modernist icons such as Highpoint I and the Bexhill Pavilion and although it is not of the same significance as those buildings it is of architectural merit. It was not a revolutionary building but it does demonstrate the gradual spread of modernist architectural influence into Britain. The building can perhaps be seen as something of a hybrid design with well executed modernist detailing and features such as curved corners, circular roof lights, port hole windows but it also has more traditional elements such as load bearing brick walls. The architectural competition for the 1930s hospital stipulated that the complex should be largely single storied and the low, horizontal character of the buildings is emphasised by features and detailing such as flat concrete roofs, long concrete and stone bands forming the lintels, sills and copings, horizontally set window panes and relatively thin bricks. The buildings are very much of their time and a fine example of the optimistic sentiment that was a characteristic of much inter-war architecture. |
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Deirdre Forde
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Oxford Archaeology
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2011
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Kingston upon Thames |
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Greater London |
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England |
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Kingston upon Thames, unparished area |
Grid Reference: 518388, 167139 (Easting, Northing)
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oxfordar1-112494 |
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10 Mar 2023 |