Nottingham, NG3 - Former Forest House
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Nottingham, NG3 - Former Forest House
Image: © David Hallam-Jones Taken: 3 Nov 2012
The front elevation and a principal side door of the former Nottingham Children's Hospital as seen from the front drive. The staircase inside the arched entrance on the right leads to several vast reception rooms on first floor. Originally this part of the complex was the former home of Sir Thomas Isaac Birkin, of the lace-making dynasty, who became 1st Baronet Birkin of Ruddington Grange. He donated the house and grounds for conversion into a paediatric hospital in 1905. In 1939 John Dane Player, of the tobacco company, funded major extensions behind the house. The premises became the HQ of the Nottinghamshire Area Health Authority in the early 1980s and later the base of the Nottingham Health Authority. It is now owned and used by an Islamic Trust.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.967827
Longitude
-1.15111