S9748 The Charing Cross Home, The Chart, Limpsfield.
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The Charing Cross Home, The Chart, Limpsfield.
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Was 28-bed Charing Cross Auxillary hospital for dischargees from Charing Cross Hospital.
Previously Passmore Edwards Convalescent Home opened 11 July 1896 with 50 beds (20 men, 20 women, and 10 children) to take dischargees from Charing Cross Hospital
In WW1 it was an 100-bed military hospital
In 1920 it became the Henry Radcliffe Seamen's Home with 28 beds including 15 permanent.
Marie Curie took it over from 1967 to 2010 when it was redeveloped.
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