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Royal Star and Garter Home, Richmond
| The Royal Star and Garter Home | |
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| General information | |
| Location | Richmond, London, UK |
| Coordinates | 51°27′01″N 0°17′51″W / 51.4502°N 0.2974°W |
| Construction started | 1921 |
| Completed | 1924 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Sir Edwin Cooper, based on a 1915 plan by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott[1] |
Listed Building – Grade II | |
| Official name | Royal Star and Garter Home |
| Designated | 30 May 1990 |
| Reference no. | 1254353 |
The Royal Star and Garter Home on Richmond Hill, in Richmond, London, was built between 1921 and 1924 to a design by Sir Edwin Cooper,[2] based on a plan produced by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott in 1915,[1] to provide accommodation and nursing facilities for 180 seriously injured servicemen.
Royal Star & Garter, the charitable trust running the home, announced in 2011 that it would be selling the building as it did not now meet modern requirements and could not be easily or economically upgraded.[3] The building, which is Grade II listed,[1] was sold in April 2013 for £50 million to a housing developer, London Square,[4] which has restored and converted the building into apartments.
The trust opened a new 60-room home in Solihull in the West Midlands in 2008[4][5] and the remaining residents at the Richmond home moved in 2013[6] to a new purpose-built 63-room building in Upper Brighton Road, Surbiton, in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames.[3][7][8][9] A third home has now opened in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. The possibility of opening a fourth home is also under consideration, and funds have been set aside for this purpose.[10]
- ^ a b c Historic England. "Royal Star and Garter Home (1254353)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
- ^ Cherry, Bridget and Pevsner, Nikolaus (1983). The Buildings of England – London 2: South. London: Penguin Books. p. 521. ISBN 0-14-0710-47-7.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ a b Teed, Paul (18 February 2011). "Royal Star and Garter home in Richmond Hill could be transformed into luxury hotel or student accommodation". Richmond and Twickenham Times. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
- ^ a b Dyduch, Amy (9 April 2013). "Developer buys Royal Star and Garter for £50m". Richmond and Twickenham Times. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
- ^ "Solihull Home". The Royal Star & Garter Homes. Archived from the original on 17 April 2016. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
- ^ Sharman, Jon (29 August 2013). "Residents move into new Royal Star and Garter home in Surbiton". Richmond and Twickenham Times. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
- ^ Hausmeister, Hana (11 June 2013). "'No all-night parties': Royal Star and Garter reassures residents". Richmond and Twickenham Times. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
- ^ Dyduch, Amy (16 May 2013). "Richmond's final farewell to Royal Star and Garter". Richmond and Twickenham Times. Retrieved 4 July 2013.
- ^ "Our Surbiton Home". The Royal Star & Garter Homes. Archived from the original on 11 September 2015. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
- ^ The Royal Star & Garter Homes. "Investing in New Care Homes". Annual Review 2014/15. p. 12.
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