Monument record 0940900000 - Booker Hospital, Cressex Road

Summary

Site of early 20th century Wycombe Rural District Council Isolation Hospital, later Booker General Hospital.

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Type and Period (2)

  • INFECTIOUS DISEASES HOSPITAL (Modern - 1920 AD? to 1950 AD?)
  • GENERAL HOSPITAL (Modern - 1950 AD? to 1990 AD?)

Description

Booker Hospital, formerly Wycombe RDC Isolation Hospital, and Wycombe and District Joint Isolation Hospital (B1-2).
Wycombe RDC Isolation Hospital first shown on 1919-1927 edition 6-inch OS map. Shown on subsequent 6-inch OS maps of 1938 and of 1944-1951. From mid 1950s to late 1990s shown as Booker General Hospital and site extended, with additional buildings added in 1970s to 1990s (B3).
Buildings report dated March1992 held at NMR (B4)

Sources (4)

  • ---SBC23358 Unpublished document: English Heritage. 2006. NMR Buildings Reports. BF100253.
  • <1>SBC22360 Bibliographic reference: Royal Commision on Historical Monuments. 1998. English Hospitals 1660-1948: A Survey of Their Architecture and Design. p197.
  • <2>SBC22587 Unpublished document: RCHME. 1991-4. Booker Hospital (National Buildings Record no. 100283).
  • <3>SBC22583 Verbal communication: Julia Wise (BCC). 2006. Information derived from OS 6-inch, 25-inch and 1:10,000 scale maps.

Location

Grid reference Centred SU 83632 91108 (251m by 200m)
Civil Parish HIGH WYCOMBE, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Apr 13 2025 5:58PM

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