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For almost one hundred years the Royal Victoria Patriotic Asylum (later 'School') on Wandsworth Common, South London, was the nation's principal orphanage for the daughters of British servicemen killed on duty. During World War I the building also served as the Third London General Hospital, one of the capital's 'Big Four' Territorial hospitals.
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1 review of Royal Victoria Patriotic Building "Tucked away at the far north of Wandsworth Common, behind the Fitzhugh housing estate, is one of South London's most remarkable buildings: on the scale - and in the style - of a baronial castle, it has variously been a school, hospital, interrogation centre and a college, and was nearly pulled down.
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Funded by Prince Albert's Royal Patriotic Fund, the Royal Victoria Patriotic Building was intended for the 'Education and Training of three hundred Orphan Daughters of Soldiers, Seamen and Marines who perished in the Russian War, and for those who hereafter may require like succour'.
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Welcome to the Royal Victoria Patriotic Building website. After years of neglect this magnificent Grade 2 (now Grade 2*) Victorian Gothic building was restored to house a mixed community of flats, studios, workshops and a drama school.
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In 1862 a young girl, Charlotte Jane Bennett, was accidentally burned to death when a section of the building caught fire. Legend has it that the poor girl's ghost still haunts that part of the building.
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Architect: Major Rhode Hawkins Funded by Prince Albert's Royal Patriotic Fund, the building was intended for the 'Education and Training of three hundred Orphan Daughters of Soldiers, Seamen and Marines who perished in the Russian War, and for those who hereafter may require like succour' Constructed of yellow brick with Yorkshire stone dressings.
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Overground: Clapham Junction via Victoria or Waterloo then 77 bus (5 mins). Wandsworth Common via Victoria or Crystal Palace then walk (20 mins).
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The Royal Victoria Patriotic Building is a large Victorian building in a Gothic Revival style combining Scottish Baronial and French Châteauesque. It is located off Trinity Road in Wandsworth, London. It was built in 1859 as the Royal Victoria Patriotic School, by popular subscription as an asylum for girls orphaned during the Crimean War.
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The Royal Commission of the Patriotic Fund was established to collect and distribute money donated by the public for the widows and orphans of men killed in the Crimean War.
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The Royal Victoria Patriotic Building, London Restoration and conversion of a Victorian asylum into a mixed development of drama school, flats, studios and workshops. The building's Gothic appearance is echoed by its monastic plan, slightly varied in this instance by the substitution of the main hall for the church and its.
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19th Century Funded by Prince Albert's Royal Patriotic Fund, the building was intended for the 'Education and Training of three hundred Orphan Daughters of Soldiers, Seamen and Marines who perished in the Russian War, and for those who hereafter may require like succour' .
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About Us. I first became involved with the Royal Victoria Patriotic Building early in 1980 and many years later am still happy to continue the relationship.This website contains a short history of the building together with some historical and more recent photographs, lists those commercial tenants who wish to be listed and gives contacts of.
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The home of the late monarch, Queen Elizabeth II since 1952, Buckingham Palace remains the administrative headquarters of the royal family and the site of many official events and receptions.
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67 min From Barbican Centre, City Of London 69 min From Kingston University Penrhyn Road Campus, Kingston 70 min From Whitgift Centre, Croydon 68 min How to get to THE ROYAL VICTORIA PATRIOTIC BUILDING by Train? Click on the Train route to see step by step directions with maps, line arrival times and updated time schedules.
