Former South Croydon Convalescent Home for Children, now South Croydon Business Centre
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Former South Croydon Convalescent Home for Children, now South Croydon Business Centre
Image: © Christopher Hilton Taken: 6 Jul 2014
The South Croydon Convalescent Home for Children was founded in 1880 by Mrs Harriet Sturt, at an address in Chelsham Road: it moved to these premises in 1890, the building being opened by Lady Beatrix Herbert. Aftercare following an illness or operation was not a service offered by the hospitals of the time and this home provided it for a small subscription. Its original clientele was middle-class but organisations such as the Waifs and Strays (now the Children's Society) might also send a poorer child there to recover. See http://ezitis.myzen.co.uk/southcroydonconv.html. The building as a whole can be seen at Image
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Image Location
Latitude
51.34995
Longitude
-0.100603