Royal Victoria Patriotic Building, a magnificent Grade II listed Victorian Gothic building on

Royal Victoria Patriotic Building. Royal Victoria Patriotic Building Wandsworth Common London, Greater London After the world wars, it became a teaching college and then, from 1952 to 1972, it was a school accomodation managed by the London County Council. Wandsworths Patriotic Building The infamous London Reception Centre of World War II

Funded by Prince Albert's Royal Patriotic Fund, the building was intended for the 'Education and Training of three hundred Orphan Daughters of Soldiers, Seamen and Marines who perished in the Russian War, and for those who hereafter may require like succour' Constructed of yellow brick with Yorkshire stone dressings. After years of neglect this magnificent Grade 2 (now Grade 2*) Victorian Gothic building was restored to house a mixed community of flats, studios, workshops and a drama school.

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Built as an orphanage for the children of Crimean War soldiers. It was built in 1859 as the Royal Victoria Patriotic School, by popular subscription as an asylum for girls orphaned during the Crimean War. 19th Century Funded by Prince Albert's Royal Patriotic Fund, the building was intended for the 'Education and Training of three hundred Orphan Daughters of Soldiers, Seamen and Marines who perished in the Russian War, and for those who hereafter may require like succour'

The Royal Victoria Patriotic Building, London European Heritage Awards Archive. Dating to 1859 it began as the Royal Victoria Patriotic School, an asylum for girls orphaned. The Royal Victoria Patriotic Building is a large Victorian building in a Gothic Revival style combining Scottish Baronial and French Châteauesque

The Royal Victoria Patriotic Building Stock Image Image of building, house 89609019. Grade II-listed, the Royal Victoria Patriotic Building was constructed in the mid-nineteenth century to educate the daughters of servicemen who died in the Crimean War After the world wars, it became a teaching college and then, from 1952 to 1972, it was a school accomodation managed by the London County Council.