Nottingham, NG3 - Former Forest House
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Nottingham, NG3 - Former Forest House
Image: © David Hallam-Jones Taken: 3 Nov 2012
A domed entrance leading into the "Player Wing", an extension of the former Nottingham Children's Hospital that presumably was constructed to provide a focal point in this hallway connecting various wings of the complex. The premises on the left were originally the home of Sir Thomas Isaac Birkin (1831-1922), the Nottingham lace manufacturer who was created 1st Baronet of Ruddington Grange in 1905. When he took up residence in Ruddington he donated the property for conversion into paediatric hospital and it continued to function in this vein (with substantial extensions funded by John Dane Player in 1939) until the early 1980s. The premises were then used as a HQ of the Nottinghamshire Health Authority and later as the base for the Nottingham Health Authority. It is now owned and used by an Islamic Trust.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.967555
Longitude
-1.150669