Royal Star and Garter Home, Richmond

The Royal Star and Garter Home

The Royal Star and Garter Home
General information
Location Richmond, London, UK
Coordinates 51°27′01″N 0°17′51″W / 51.4502°N 0.2974°W / 51.4502; -0.2974
Design and construction
Architect 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
For the American musical review, see Star and Garter.

The Royal Star and Garter Home, Richmond on Richmond Hill, in Richmond, London was built between 1921 and 1924 to a design by Sir Edwin Cooper,[2] based on a 1915 plan by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott,[1] to provide accommodation and nursing facilities for 180 seriously injured servicemen.

The Royal Star & Garter Homes, 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, as of 2016, is restoring and converting the building into apartments.

The trust opened a new 60-room home in Solihull, West Midlands, in 2008[4][5] and the remaining residents at the Richmond home moved in August 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 will open in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire in 2017.[10][11] The possibility of opening a fourth home is also under consideration, and funds have been set aside for this purpose.[10]

History

Riverside view from Twickenham bank
The Royal Star and Garter Home
The Bromhead Memorial, in the nearby Richmond Cemetery, commemorates deceased residents of the Home

The site is the former location of the Star and Garter Hotel, which closed in 1906. The building was used as a military hospital, known as the Star and Garter Home for Disabled Sailors and Soldiers, during World War I.[12]

The site was then donated to Queen Mary (consort of George V) in support of her plans to establish a home for paralysed and permanently disabled soldiers. The hotel banqueting hall and ballroom were temporarily used to house disabled soldiers, but the site was found to be unsuitable for their specialised needs and the hotel buildings were demolished in 1919 and rebuilt as the new Star and Garter Home for Disabled Sailors, Soldiers and Airmen.[12] The new building was dedicated in 1924 as the Women of the Empire's Memorial of the Great War.[13] It was formally opened by George V and Queen Mary on 10 July 1924.[14]

In 1948 residents of the home took part in a forerunner of the Paralympic Games, the first national athletic event for disabled athletes, organised by Dr Ludwig Guttmann.[15]

The Star and Garter Home received its royal charter in 1979, adding the prefix "Royal" to its name.[14] Since the opening of the second home at Solihull in 2008 the charity has used a plural form of the name, as "The Royal Star & Garter Homes".

Some of the residents who died at the home were buried in one of two dedicated sections in the nearby Richmond Cemetery. The cemetery contains two plots dedicated to deceased residents from the home, one of which is marked by the Bromhead Memorial, a large classical-style monument listing the names of those not commemorated elsewhere.[16]

Notable residents

Notable residents have included:

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Historic England. "Royal Star and Garter Home (1254353)". National Heritage List for England.
  2. ↑ Bridget Cherry and Nikolaus Pevsner (1983). The Buildings of England – London 2: South. London: Penguin Books. p. 521. ISBN 0-14-0710-47-7.
  3. 1 2 Paul Teed (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.
  4. 1 2 Amy Dyduch (9 April 2013). "Developer buys Royal Star and Garter for £50m". Richmond and Twickenham Times. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
  5. ↑ "Our Solihull Home". The Royal Star & Garter Homes. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  6. ↑ Jon Sharman (29 August 2013). "Residents move into new Royal Star and Garter home in Surbiton". Richmond and Twickenham Times. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
  7. ↑ Hana Hausmeister (11 June 2013). "'No all-night parties': Royal Star and Garter reassures residents". Richmond and Twickenham Times. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
  8. ↑ Amy Dyduch (16 May 2013). "Richmond's final farewell to Royal Star and Garter". Richmond and Twickenham Times. Retrieved 4 July 2013.
  9. ↑ "Our Surbiton Home". The Royal Star & Garter Homes. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  10. 1 2 The Royal Star & Garter Homes. "Investing in New Care Homes". Annual Review 2014/15. p. 12.
  11. ↑ "Introducing The Royal Star & Garter Homes’ new Chief Executive". News. Confederation of Service Charities. 25 January 2016. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
  12. 1 2 "Royal Star and Garter Home". Lost Hospitals of London. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
  13. ↑ "Coming of Age of Star and Garter Home, Local News (England and Wales)" (PDF). British Medical Journal. 23 January 1937. p. 190. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 August 2011.
  14. 1 2 "Royal Star and Garter Home" (PDF). GB 1992 Archive. The National Archives (UK). 11 December 1998. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
  15. ↑ "Archery Day in Richmond" (PDF). Connections: 7. Spring 2013.
  16. ↑ Historic England. "Bromhead Memorial (1409405)". National Heritage List for England.
  17. ↑ "Frederick Jeremiah Edwards". Victoria Cross holders buried in the borough. London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. 3 August 2009. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
  18. ↑ Max Arthur (27 August 2004). "Capt Bill Jewell: Daring wartime submarine commander". The Independent. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  19. ↑ "Special Forces Obituaries: Nancy Wake". The Daily Telegraph (London). 8 August 2011. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
  20. ↑ Maria Anthony (13 August 2011). "World War Two spy and inspiration for film 'Charlotte Gray' dies". Richmond and Twickenham Times. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
  21. ↑ Paul Teed (8 March 2012). "Memorial held for WWII legend". Richmond and Twickenham Times. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
  22. ↑ Probert, Henry (1991). High Commanders of the Royal Air Force. HMSO. p.74 ISBN 0-11-772635-4

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