Waking a Sleeping Giant: Rescue, Repair and Reuse: The North Wing at St Barts Hospital
Fascinating online lecture from Shoe Lane Library on the architecture and planned refurbishment of the North Wing of St Bartholomew’s Hospital. Will Palin, CEO of Bart’s Heritage, talked us though the history of the hospital and the various building phases. He then went on to describe the interior of the North Wing including the two massive paintings on the grand staircase by Hogarth and to explain their iconography. He then looked at the great hall. He went on to talk about the planned refurbishment to mark the 900th anniversary of the hospital both how it will be undertaken and how the building will be used following the work. I’m ashamed to say I hadn’t known about this fabulous building but I’ll definitely be following the progress and visiting once the work is competed in 2025.