History of the building

The present hospital has changed hands many times.

It was originally a late 18th-century house known as Morgan House, and named after its owner, philanthropist and writer, John Minter Morgan.

Morgan died in 1854 and is buried in nearby St Andrew’s Church, Ham.

In 1863, the house became home to the newly-married Duc de Chartres, but not for long.

In 1879, it became West Heath school for young ladies. The school later moved to a new location in Kent in the 1930s.

The building then became the Lawrence Hall Hotel, until its purchase by the Cassel Foundation.

The Cassel Hospital, which had been located in Penshurst, Kent and Stoke-on-Trent, Staffs, subsequently moved to its current location,  1 Ham Common in 1948.

The building, which has large, mature gardens, was Grade II listed in 1950.

Read more about the building, the Cassel garden and their role in patient recovery.