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Latitude: 51.517 / 51°31'1"N
Longitude: -0.1736 / 0°10'24"W
OS Eastings: 526823
OS Northings: 181363
OS Grid: TQ268813
Mapcode National: GBR 5B.6D
Mapcode Global: VHGQY.Y42F
Plus Code: 9C3XGR8G+QH
Entry Name: Clarence Memorial Wing of St Mary's Hospital
Listing Date: 10 April 1975
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1265525
English Heritage Legacy ID: 424766
ID on this website: 101265525
Location: Paddington, Westminster, London, W2
County: London
District: City of Westminster
Electoral Ward/Division: Hyde Park
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: City of Westminster
Traditional County: Middlesex
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Greater London
Church of England Parish: St John Evan Hyde Park Crescent
Church of England Diocese: London
Tagged with: Memorial
TQ 2681 SE CITY OF WESTMINSTER PRAED STREET, W2
52/3 (north side)
Clarence Memorial Wing
10.4.75 of St Mary's Hospital.
GV II
Hospital. 1890s, opened 1904. By Sir William Emerson. Ashlar basement,
semi-basement and ground floor, red brick above with ashlar dressings and ashlar
loggias, slate roofs. Eclectic Renaissance style. 4 storeys, basement,
semi-basement and attic. Central block of 5 bays breakforward with a further
breakforward of 3 bays with attached Ionic pilasters and columns to 2nd and 3rd
floors. 6-bay wings flanked by a further 4 bays which project and are surmounted
by a gable. To right a further projecting, full-height canted bay creates the
impression of an angle turret. Quoins. Steps to central segmental-pedimented
entrance. Shallow 3-window bows to 6-bay wings. Mainly sash windows with
glazing bars to upper sashes. Balustraded balcony to 1st floor and 2-tier loggia
to 1st and 2nd floors. Modillion cornice. Later dormers to double mansard
roof. Octagonal turrets flank centre. Pedimented gables to centre and outer
bays. Plaque commemorating the discovery of penicillin in this wing by Alexander
Fleming (1881-1955).
Listing NGR: TQ2682381363
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