Building record 1560600000 - Charlotte Cottage, 73 Leighton Road
Summary
Late nineteenth century vernacular-style cottage hospital built in 1884 and used as a police station in the twentieth century
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Type and Period (3)
- COTTAGE HOSPITAL (Dated 1884, 19th Century to Modern - 1800 AD to 1967 AD?)
- POLICE STATION (Modern to Unknown - 1967 AD?)
- APARTMENT (21st Century to Unknown - 2014 AD)
Description
Charlotte Cottage was built by the Rothschilds in 1884 as a cottage hospital. The hospital was very small, initially with only one bed, increasing to two beds sometime between 1887 and 1895. An 'open-air room for consumptives' was added in about 1911. The matron may have lived-in, and a doctor was recorded as living-in in 1939. In 1967 the Rothschilds donated the cottage to the Wing Hall Trust, with the rental income from the cottage used to maintain the adjacent village hall. In more recent times Charlotte Cottage became the police station, and in 2014 part of the building was converted into five one-bedroom residential flats (B1).
Sources (1)
- <1>SBC26802 Digital archive: Kelly's Directories Ltd. 1887-1939. Information from Wing One-Place Study website and Kelly's Trade Directories for Buckinghamshire in 1887, 1895, 1899, 1903, 1911, 1915, 1924, 1928, 1931, 1935 and 1939.
Location
| Grid reference | SP 88502 22857 (point) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | WING, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire |
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Record last edited
Jun 6 2024 1:49PM
