Peterborough District Hospital Memorial Wing

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Reference WMO/193499

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West Town Primary Academy

Midland Road

Peterborough

PE3 6DA

England

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Status: On original site

Type: Freestanding

Location: External

Setting: Inside a building - public/private

Description: Hospital

Materials:

Unknown Unknown

Lettering: Unknown

Conflicts:

First World War (1914-1918)

About the memorial: The War Memorial Hospital, built in the 1920s, had its main entrance on Midland Road. That core section was in the neo-Georgian style, being a two-storey building of red brick, with pantile roof and three tall brick chimney stacks. The ground-floor sash windows had 9 over 9 panels; the upper floor windows had 6 over 6 panels. Above the stone portico of the Midland Road entrance were two recessed niches. The external lintel of that doorway was inscribed: In Remembrance, 1914-1918. The Midland Road lobby housed the inscribed foundation stone, and a stone commemorating the opening of the Hospital in 1928. The Children's Wing was opened the following year, and by 1929 the main building had three pavilions and various other offices, including a wing for the Nurses' Home; it also had two separate outbuildings at the north end of the site, housing the laundry and the mortuary. Within the main building was a three-section bronze plaque framed by a green marble surround, recording the names of the architect and builder, and listing the major contributors to the building fund for construction of the Hospital. (The Hospital's Board Room housed a glazed mahogany casket containing the Peterborough WW1 Roll of Honour, our record of which is WMO/290616). Following the formation of the NHS, Peterborough District Hospital was built, of which the original 'War Memorial Hospital' became known as the 'Memorial Wing'. After Peterborough District Hospital closed in December 2010, the site was redeveloped. Whilst most of the hospital premises was demolished, the front wall of the original Memorial Hospital's entrance on Midland Road was retained, and the remainder of that core building was reconstructed like-for-like; it is now the administration block of the West Town Primary Academy. The inscribed external lintel is still in situ above the entrance to that block. The bronze plaque (listing the original War Memorial Hospital's main subscribers) and the inscribed foundation stone and ceremonial opening stone from the Hospital have been reinstalled, and are now within the foyer of the Academy's administration block.

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In December 2010 the site at Thorpe Road/Midland Road closed as a Hospital. The three-sectioned bronze plaque listing subscribers to the Hospital was temporarily removed to a secure storage area for safe-keeping, pending decisions regarding the redevelopment of the entire site. Plans for the major redevelopment were subsequently agreed, on condition that the 'core building' of the original War Memorial Hospital on Midland Road (including the stones inscribed re its foundation and ceremonial opening) would be preserved, in light of its historical importance as the City's primary memorial to its WW1 casualties. During demolition of adjacent structures, it was found that the Memorial Hospital's 'core building' could not be saved intact. Its original fascia wall was therefore shored-up and retained, and the remainder was rebuilt 'like-for-like' (i.e. using materials that matched the original bricks, rooftiles etc), so that the final structure resembles the original as closely as possible. The original foundation stone and ceremonial opening stone, together with the bronze plaque listing subscribers to the Memorial Hospital, were installed in the foyer, where they are now on display. The resulting building is now the administration block of the West Town Primary Academy, which ceremonially opened in November 2016.

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Midland Road entrance (external lintel): IN REMEMBRANCE/ 1914 - 1918 Foundation stone: REMEMBRANCE/ GRATITUDE/ 1914-1918/ PETERBOROUGH AND DISTRICT/ THIS STONE WAS LAID BY/ G.C.W. FITZWILLIAM ESQ J.P. D.L./ JULY 25TH 1925 Commemorative stone: THIS HOSPITAL WAS OPENED BY/ FIELD MARSHAL/ SIR WILLIAM ROBERTSON, B.T.,/ G.C.E., G.C.M.G., K.C.V.O., D.S.O.,/ JUNE 14TH 1928 Three-section bronze plaque: THIS HOSPITAL/ WAS ERECTED IN 1928 AT A COST OF £90,000/ BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION FROM/ PETERBOROUGH AND DISTRICT/ AS A WAR MEMORIAL/ UPON THIS SITE WHICH WAS/ GENEROUSLY GIVEN BY/ ALDERMAN J.H. BUNTING/ AT A COST OF £5,500/ Honorary Secretary/ JOSEPH STEPHENSON, O.B.E., F.S.A.A./ Architect Builder/ WALLACE MARCHMENT F.R.I.B.A. ROBERT S. JELLINGS/ SPECIAL DONATIONS TO THE BUILDING FUND/ (List of names of contributors)

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NONE- The names are on WMO/290616 and it's replacement WMO/290617

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https://www.peterborough.gov.uk/asset-library/imported-assets/ListOfHeritageAssetsInPeterborough2019.pdf

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