Abandoned Art Deco Hospital in West London Is Being Converted Into Hundreds Of Homes

Would you want to live an abandoned 1930s hospital? As creepy as it sounds, soon Londoners will be able to shack up in the former Ravenscourt Park Hospital that hasn’t been used for nearly 20 years. 

The Grade II-listed art deco building, built in 1933, is going to be transformed into hundreds of homes by property developers TT Group. 

Don’t worry, this one is less haunted, and more of a historical stunner: the then-Royal Masonic Hospital picked up the prestigious RIBA architecture prize when it was opened by King George V in the early ’30s. It finally closed as a hospital in 2006 (then named the Ravenscourt Park Hospital), but has since featured in several film and TV productions, including Agatha Christie’s Poirot (1989 and 1991), The Queen (2006) and Back to Black (2024).

The building was on the Historic England’s Heritage at Risk register for a while, but now the landmark is going to get a brand new lease of life. TT Group acquired the 3.87-acre site in 2022, and has now revealed plans to transform the old red brick building into 140 new homes, a 65-bed care home and communal spaces. Former wards, treatment blocks and administrative buildings will become flats – ranging from studios to family-sized –, communal workspaces, private gardens, and lounge areas, all designed by the same architecture studio behind the Olympia redevelopment, SPPARC. 

Many of the building’s art deco features will remain, including welded steel semi-circular sun balconies, and two original Greek-inspired statues that are found on either side of the main entrance. However, additions to the hospital built in the ’70s will be replaced with a modern purpose-built elderly care home. 

Plus, some parts of the grounds will be opened up to the public for the first time with new pedestrian routes and landscaped gardens. 

The dates for construction and completion haven’t been revealed yet. 

Harvey Nichols’ London flagship is getting a massive makeover. 

More than 14,000 new homes are planned for this southwest London borough. 

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