View source for Royal Star and Garter Home, Richmond

{{EngvarB|date=October 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2015}}
{{For|the American musical review|Star and Garter}}
{{Infobox building
| name = The Royal Star and Garter Home
| image = Star and Garter Home (March 2010) 2.jpg
| caption = The Royal Star and Garter Home
| location = [[Richmond, London]], [[United Kingdom|UK]]
| locmapin =
| coordinates = {{coord|51.4502|-0.2974|display=inline}}
| start_date = 1921
| completion_date = 1924
| architect = [[Edwin Cooper (architect)|Sir Edwin Cooper]], based on a 1915 plan by [[Sir Giles Gilbert Scott]]<ref name="Listing"/>
| architecture =
| governing_body =
| embedded={{infobox designation list
| embed=yes
| designation1 = Grade II
| designation1_offname = Royal Star and Garter Home
| designation1_date = 30 May 1990
| designation1_number = 1254353
}}
| references          =
}}
'''The Royal Star and Garter Home''' on [[Richmond Hill, London|Richmond Hill]], in [[Richmond, London]], was built between 1921 and 1924 to a design by [[Edwin Cooper (architect)|Sir Edwin Cooper]],<ref name="Cherry and Pevsner">{{cite book | title=The Buildings of England&nbsp;– London 2: South | publisher=[[Penguin Books]] | author=[[Bridget Cherry|Cherry, Bridget]] and [[Nikolaus Pevsner|Pevsner, Nikolaus]] | year=1983 | location=London | page=521 | isbn=0-14-0710-47-7}}</ref> based on a plan produced by [[Sir Giles Gilbert Scott]] in 1915,<ref name="Listing">{{National Heritage List for England |num= 1254353 |desc=Royal Star and Garter Home|access-date= 8 September 2016}}</ref>  to provide accommodation and nursing facilities for 180 seriously injured servicemen.
[[Royal Star & Garter]], the [[Charitable trusts in English law|charitable trust]] running the home, announced in 2011 that it would be selling the building as it did not now meet modern requirements and could not be easily or economically upgraded.<ref name="Teed">{{cite news | url=http://www.richmondandtwickenhamtimes.co.uk/news/8854593.Star_and_Garter_become_hotel_or_student_digs/ | title=Royal Star and Garter home in Richmond Hill could be transformed into luxury hotel or student accommodation | author=Teed, Paul|work=[[Richmond and Twickenham Times]] | date=18 February 2011 | access-date=15 January 2013}}</ref> The building, which is [[listed building|Grade II listed]],<ref name="Listing"/> was sold in April 2013 for [[£]]50 million to a housing developer, London Square,<ref name="Sale">{{cite news | url=http://www.richmondandtwickenhamtimes.co.uk/news/10340460.Royal_Star_and_Garter_home_sold_for___50m/?ref=mc | title=Developer buys Royal Star and Garter for £50m |work=[[Richmond and Twickenham Times]] |date=9 April 2013 |access-date=11 April 2013 |author=Dyduch, Amy}}</ref> which has restored and converted the building into apartments.
The trust opened a new 60-room home in [[Solihull]] in the West Midlands in 2008<ref name="Sale"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://starandgarter.org/our-homes/solihull-home/ |title=Solihull Home |publisher=The Royal Star & Garter Homes |access-date=7 July 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160417002850/http://starandgarter.org/our-homes/solihull-home/ |archive-date=17 April 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and the remaining residents at the Richmond home moved in 2013<ref name="Move">{{cite news | url=http://www.richmondandtwickenhamtimes.co.uk/news/10640013.Residents_move_into_new_Royal_Star_and_Garter_home_in_Surbiton/ | title=Residents move into new Royal Star and Garter home in Surbiton | work=[[Richmond and Twickenham Times]] |date=29 August 2013 | access-date=13 August 2015 | author=Sharman, Jon}}</ref> to a new purpose-built 63-room building in Upper Brighton Road, [[Surbiton]], in the [[Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames]].<ref name="Teed"/><ref name="Hausmeister">{{cite news |url=http://www.richmondandtwickenhamtimes.co.uk/news/10474658._No_all_night_parties___Royal_Star_and_Garter_reassures_residents/| title='No all-night parties': Royal Star and Garter reassures residents |work=[[Richmond and Twickenham Times]] | date=11 June 2013 |access-date=13 August 2015 |author=Hausmeister, Hana}}</ref><ref name="Farewell">{{cite news | url= http://www.richmondandtwickenhamtimes.co.uk/news/10421824.Richmond_s_final_farewell_to_Royal_Star_and_Garter/ |title=Richmond's final farewell to Royal Star and Garter |work=[[Richmond and Twickenham Times]] | date=16 May 2013 | access-date=4 July 2013 | author=Dyduch, Amy }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://starandgarter.org/our-homes/surbiton-home/ |title=Our Surbiton Home |publisher=The Royal Star & Garter Homes |access-date=26 July 2015 |archive-date=11 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150911235610/http://starandgarter.org/our-homes/surbiton-home/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> A third home has now opened in [[High Wycombe]], Buckinghamshire. The possibility of opening a fourth home is also under consideration, and funds have been set aside for this purpose.<ref name="AR 14/15">{{cite book |author=The Royal Star & Garter Homes |title=Annual Review 2014/15 |chapter=Investing in New Care Homes |page=12 }}</ref>
==History==
[[File:Richmond Hill - Surrey, UK.jpg|thumb|255px|Riverside view from [[Twickenham]] bank]]
[[File:Star Garter.JPG|thumb|255px|The Royal Star and Garter Home]]
[[File:Bromhead memorial with wreaths.jpg|thumb|255px|The [[Bromhead Memorial]], in the nearby [[Richmond Cemetery]],  commemorates deceased residents of the Home]]
[[File: Wick House, Richmond Hill.jpg|thumb|255px|[[Wick House, Richmond Hill|Wick House]], former home for the Star and Garter Home's nurses]]
The site is the location of the former [[Star and Garter Hotel, Richmond|Star and Garter Hotel]], which closed in 1906. The building was used as a [[military hospital]], known as the Star and Garter Home for Disabled Sailors and Soldiers, during [[World War I]].<ref name="Lost">{{cite web | url=http://ezitis.myzen.co.uk/royalstarandgarter.html | title=Royal Star and Garter Home | work=Lost Hospitals of London | access-date=14 May 2014}}</ref>
The site was then donated to [[Mary of Teck|Queen Mary]] (consort of [[George V]]) in support of her plans to establish a home for paralysed and permanently disabled soldiers. The hotel banqueting hall and ballroom were temporarily used to house disabled soldiers, but they were found to be unsuitable for their specialised needs. Demolition of the hotel buildings commenced in 1919 and from 1920 to 1924 the home's residents were transferred to [[Sandgate, Kent]], while the new Star and Garter Home for Disabled Sailors, Soldiers and Airmen was built on the site of the hotel.<ref name="Lost"/><ref name="Church">{{cite journal | title=The Royal Star and Garter Home on Richmond Hill | author=Church, Judith M  | journal=[[Richmond, London#Societies |Richmond History: Journal of the Richmond Local History Society]] | year=2008 | volume=29 | pages=32–47|issn= 0263-0958}}</ref> The new building was dedicated in 1924 as the Women of the Empire's Memorial of the Great War.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.bmj.com/cgi/issue_pdf/admin_pdf/1/3968.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110809012600/http://www.bmj.com/content/1/3968/local/admin.pdf | archive-date=9 August 2011 | title= Coming of Age of Star and Garter Home, Local News (England and Wales) |volume= JA-4 |issue=23 |work=[[British Medical Journal]] | page=190 |date=23 January 1937}}</ref> It was formally opened by George V and Queen Mary on 10 July 1924.<ref name="Archives">{{cite web | url=http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/nra/onlinelists/GB%201992%20Archive.pdf | title=Royal Star and Garter Home | publisher=[[The National Archives (United Kingdom)|The National Archives (UK)]] | work=GB 1992 Archive  | date=11 December 1998 | access-date=23 October 2015}}</ref>
In 1948 residents of the home took part in a forerunner of the [[Paralympic Games]], [[IWAS World Games|the first national athletic event for disabled athletes]], organised by Dr [[Ludwig Guttmann]].<ref name="Archery">{{cite journal | url=http://www.hypelondon.co.uk/Connections-2013-AW.pdf | title=Archery Day in Richmond | journal=Connections | date=Spring 2013 | pages=7 }}{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
The Star and Garter Home received its [[royal charter]] in 1979, adding the prefix "Royal" to its name.<ref name="Archives"/> Since the opening of the second home at Solihull in 2008 the charity has used a plural form of the name, as "The Royal Star & Garter Homes".
Some of the residents who died at the home were buried in one of two dedicated sections in the nearby [[Richmond Cemetery]]. The cemetery contains two plots dedicated to deceased residents from the home, one of which is marked by the [[Bromhead Memorial]], a large classical-style monument listing the names of those not commemorated elsewhere.<ref>{{National Heritage List for England |num=1409405 |desc=Bromhead Memorial|access-date=6 January 2016}}</ref>
==Notable residents==
Notable residents have included:
*[[Frederick Jeremiah Edwards]] (1894–1964), an Irish recipient of the [[Victoria Cross]], who died at the home on 9 March 1964<ref name="Richmond">{{cite web | url=http://www.richmond.gov.uk/home/services/leisure_and_culture/local_history_and_heritage/victoria_cross_holders_buried_in_the_borough/frederick_jeremiah_edwards.htm | title=Frederick Jeremiah Edwards | publisher=[[London Borough of Richmond upon Thames]] | work=Victoria Cross holders buried in the borough | date=3 August 2009 | access-date=4 November 2014 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141104061242/http://www.richmond.gov.uk/home/services/leisure_and_culture/local_history_and_heritage/victoria_cross_holders_buried_in_the_borough/frederick_jeremiah_edwards.htm | archive-date=4 November 2014 | df=dmy-all }}</ref>
*[[Norman Jewell|Norman "Bill" Jewell]] (1913–2004), commander of the submarine {{HMS|Seraph|P219|6}} during [[Operation Mincemeat]].<ref name="Arthur">{{cite news | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/capt-bill-jewell-6162996.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111128104738/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/capt-bill-jewell-6162996.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=28 November 2011 | title=Capt Bill Jewell: Daring wartime submarine commander | work=[[The Independent]] | date=27 August 2004 | access-date=15 February 2015 | author=Arthur, Max}}</ref> In 1998, he suffered a serious fall and was paralysed from the neck down. He then went to live at the home until his death on 18 August 2004 aged 90.
* Major David Mills (1918–1993), Secretary General of the [[All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club]] 1963–1979<ref name= "Edwards">{{cite news | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-major-david-mills-1508777.html | title= Obituary: Major David Mills | work=[[The Independent]] | date=4 October 1993 | access-date=6 July 2016 | author=Edwards, Bill}}</ref>
*[[Bevis Reid|Bevis Shergold]] (1919–1997), [[Track and field|track and field athlete]] who competed in the [[1938 European Athletics Championships]] and the [[1948 Summer Olympics]]. During World War II she was an intelligence servicewoman and was one of the first women to be posted aboard. She worked in Egypt and Algeria as a translator during the interrogation of [[prisoners of war]].<ref name="History">{{Cite web |title=Our history |url=https://starandgarter.org/about/our-history/ |access-date=24 February 2024 |website=Royal Star & Garter Homes}}</ref>
*[[Alan Waldron (cricketer)|Alan Waldron]] {{post-nominals|country=GBR|MC1}} (1920–1999), cricketer and an officer in the [[Royal Hampshire Regiment|Hampshire Regiment]] during the [[Second World War]], in which he was awarded the [[Military Cross]] and [[medal bar|bar]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/IF0500971397/TTDA?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-TTDA&xid=e4fdf3c3|title=Personal Column|newspaper=The Times |page=18|issue=66614|date=8 September 1999|access-date=25 August 2024|url-access=subscription|via=[[Gale (publisher)|Gale]]}}</ref>
*[[Nancy Wake]] (1912–2011), who fought with the [[French Resistance]] and lived in the home from 2003 until her death.<ref name=telegraph_obituary>{{cite news|title=Special Forces Obituaries: Nancy Wake|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/special-forces-obituaries/8689765/Nancy-Wake.html|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|access-date=13 August 2015|location=London|date=8 August 2011}}</ref><ref name="Wake">{{cite news | url=http://www.richmondandtwickenhamtimes.co.uk/news/9193589.World_War_Two_spy_and_inspiration_for_film__Charlotte_Gray__dies/| title=World War Two spy and inspiration for film 'Charlotte Gray' dies | work=[[Richmond and Twickenham Times]] | date=13 August 2011 | access-date=8 December 2015 | author=Anthony, Maria}}</ref><ref name="Legend">{{cite news | url=http://www.richmondandtwickenhamtimes.co.uk/archive/2012/03/08/9575776.Memorial_held_for_WWII_legend/ | title=Memorial held for WWII legend | work=[[Richmond and Twickenham Times]] | date=8 March 2012 | author=Teed, Paul | access-date=29 May 2015 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141104071636/http://www.richmondandtwickenhamtimes.co.uk/archive/2012/03/08/9575776.Memorial_held_for_WWII_legend/ | archive-date=4 November 2014 | df=dmy-all }}</ref> She died on 7 August 2011, aged 98, at [[Kingston Hospital]] after being admitted with a chest infection.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/war-heroine-nancy-wake-dies/story-e6freuy9-1226110701605|title=War heroine Nancy Wake dies|work=[[The Daily Telegraph (Sydney)]]|year=2011|access-date=8 August 2011}}</ref>
==Notable chairmen of the Home==
*[[Barry Domvile|Admiral Sir Barry Domvile]], 1932–1934<ref name="Domvile">{{Cite web |url=http://collections.rmg.co.uk/archive/objects/550079.html |title=Newspaper cuttings collected and annotated by Sir Barry Domvile, covering his naval career and relating to the Navy in general |publisher=[[Royal Museums Greenwich]] |access-date=10 May 2017}}</ref>
*[[Caspar John|Admiral of the Fleet Sir Caspar John]], 1967–1972
*[[Charles Henry Pepys Harington|General Sir Charles Harington]], 1972–1980
*[[Denis Spotswood|Marshal of the RAF Sir Denis Spotswood]], 1981–1985<ref>Probert, Henry (1991). ''High Commanders of the Royal Air Force''. HMSO. p. 74 {{ISBN|0-11-772635-4}}</ref>
==See also==
*[[Bromhead Memorial]], denoting a plot in [[Richmond Cemetery]] in which deceased residents of the Royal Star and Garter Home are buried
*[[John Burn (rower)|John Burn]], honorary anaesthetist at the Star and Garter Home
* [[W. S. C. Copeman]], consultant rheumatologist
*[[Wick House, Richmond Hill]], which, from 1950, accommodated up to 20 nurses from the Royal Star and Garter Home
==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}
==External links==
* [http://www.starandgarter.org/ The Royal Star & Garter Homes: official website]
* [http://ezitis.myzen.co.uk/royalstarandgarter.html Lost Hospitals of London: Royal Star and Garter Home]
* [http://www.sheengate.co.uk/richmond-and-barnes/2013/04/26/royal-star-garter-sold-for-50m/ Whyte, Catherine. "Tactical Retreat: The Royal Star & Garter", ''The Barnes Magazine'', April 2013]{{Dead link|date=November 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
==Further reading==
* {{cite journal | title=The Valhalla of British Heroism: The early years of the Star and Garter Home| author= Fowler, Simon | journal=[[Richmond, London#Societies |Richmond History: Journal of the Richmond Local History Society]] | year=1999 | volume=20 | pages=33–36|issn= 0263-0958| author-link=Simon Fowler (author) }}
*{{cite journal | title=The Royal Star and Garter Home on Richmond Hill | author=Church, Judith M  | journal=[[Richmond, London#Societies |Richmond History: Journal of the Richmond Local History Society]] | year=2008 | volume=29 | pages=32–47|issn= 0263-0958}}
*{{cite journal | title="Mr Scott may be very upset": Giles Gilbert Scott, Edwin Cooper and the Building of the Star and Garter Home | author=Spencer, Steven | journal=[[Richmond, London#Societies |Richmond History: Journal of the Richmond Local History Society]] | year=2009 | volume=30 | pages=24–33|issn= 0263-0958}}
*{{cite book | title=The Home on the Hill: The Story of the Royal Star and Garter Home, Richmond, for Disabled Ex-service Men and Women |author1=Venus, Nigel |author2=Willis, Patsy | year=2006 | publisher= Royal Star & Garter Home|isbn=978-0952079323}}
{{LB Richmond}}
[[Category:1924 establishments in England]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1924]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures on the River Thames]]
[[Category:Edwin Cooper buildings]]
[[Category:Grade II listed buildings in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames]]
[[Category:Mary of Teck]]
[[Category:Nursing homes in the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Richmond, London]]
[[Category:Richmond Hill, London]]