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Peace Hospice

Coordinates: 51°39′32″N 0°24′17″W / 51.6588°N 0.4048°W / 51.6588; -0.4048
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The Peace Hospice
The Peace Hospice
Peace Hospice is located in Hertfordshire
Peace Hospice
Shown in Hertfordshire
Geography
LocationWatford, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
Coordinates51°39′32″N 0°24′17″W / 51.6588°N 0.4048°W / 51.6588; -0.4048
Organisation
Care systemPrivate
TypeSpecialist
Services
SpecialityCare for the elderly
History
Opened1996
Links
Websitewww.peacehospicecare.org.uk
ListsHospitals in the United Kingdom

The Peace Hospice is a health facility caring for people with a life-limiting or terminal illness, which is funded by public donations, situated on Rickmansworth Road, Watford, Hertfordshire. It is a locally listed building.[1]

History

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The facility has its origins in the Watford and District Peace Memorial Hospital which was commissioned to commemorate the lives of local people who died in the First World War.[2] The foundation stone was laid by the Countess of Clarendon in July 1923.[2] The building was designed by Wallace Marchment in the Neo-Classical style and was opened by Princess Mary in June 1925.[2] The Watford Peace Memorial was erected outside the hospital in 1928.[2] It joined the National Health Service as the Watford Peace Memorial Hospital in 1948 and became the Peace Memorial Wing of Watford General Hospital in 1965.[2] After services transferred to Watford General Hospital Peace Memorial Wing closed in 1985.[3][4]

Following the refurbishment of the main administration block of the old hospital, a project funded by public donations, the facility was officially reopened as the Peace Hospice by Princess Michael of Kent in 1996.[4][5] A new inpatient unit was completed in 2000.[5]

In 2010 the Hardcore punk band Gallows, whose performers come from Watford and Hemel Hempstead, put on a performance at the Watford Colosseum which raised funds for the Peace Hospice.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Locally listed buildings in Watford" (PDF). Watford Council. p. 235. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Peace Memorial Wing, Watford General Hospital". Lost Hospitals of London. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  3. ^ "Details: Watford General Hospital (Peace Memorial Wing), Watford". Hospital Records Database. Retrieved 11 October 2014 – via National Archives.
  4. ^ a b "Peace Memorial Hospital". War Memorials Archive. Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
  5. ^ a b "Our history". Peace Hospice. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
  6. ^ "Watford band Gallows plays a charity gig at the Colosseum for Peace Hospice". Watford Observer. 9 February 2010. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
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