The St Pancras Female Orphanage is a former health facility in Somers Town, London.
The St Pancras Female Orphanage is a former health facility in Somers Town, London.
The orphanage was established to care for female orphans in the local area in 1776. [1] It was located in Hampstead Road where the foundation stone for premises completely rebuilt to a design by E. W. Hudson was laid by Lord Southampton on 28 January 1904. [1]
After the trustees of the orphanage vacated the building, the former orphanage was acquired by the National Temperance Hospital for use as an annex in 1945. [2] The ground floor was subsequently converted for medical use. [3] Following the closure of the National Temperance Hospital in 1990, the former orphanage became the home of the Margarete Centre which provides support to sufferers of substance abuse. [4]
The archives of the orphanage are now held at the Highgate Literary and Scientific Institution. [5]
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