The Samaritan Hospital for Women was a hospital in

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, UK. It is a Grade II

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History

The hospital had its origins in the Gynaepathic Institute which was founded by Dr William Jones in

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in January 1847. The institute moved to North Audley Street in March 1847 and became the Free Hospital for Women and Children and Samaritan Institution in February 1848. It moved again, this time to Orchard Street as the Free Hospital for Women and Children in March 1850 and then to Lower Seymour Street with the same name in 1858. The foundation stone for a purpose-built hospital in

was laid by the

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in July 1889. The new facility was designed by W. G. Habershon and J. F. Fawkner and it opened in October 1889. It became the Samaritan Free Hospital for Women in 1904 and, after joining the

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as the Samaritan Hospital for Women in 1948, it closed in 1997. The building is largely disused and, since closure, has fallen into disrepair. In 2017 the owners of the site,

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, stated in response to a

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that the building was still in use, to "provide estates and facilities support for the adjoining

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References

{{reflist Defunct hospitals in London Grade II listed buildings in the City of Westminster Women in London