Wandsworth’s newly announced Growth Plan sets out an ambitious goal for 14,000 homes to be delivered in the borough throughout the next decade. Against this backdrop, works are underway at City & Country’s conversion development, The 1840 St George’s Gardens, part of the wider Springfield Hospital site regeneration in the borough.
Renovation works are underway to restore the Grade II listed former hospital building, as City & Country prepares for the launch of a third phase of homes in January 2026. A careful replanning of the internal footprint, which was formerly used as a Victorian-era mental health facility, will create 112 homes for private sale. Each new home will feature a completely unique layout, a design quirk resulting from the careful conversion of the sequence of rooms and corridors that made up the original configuration of the building.
New steelwork has been installed to open the hospital’s long corridors and clinical rooms into spacious apartments, while reinforcing the integrity of the original structure and fabric of the building. Where possible, character heritage features such as its double-height vaulted ceilings, original mullion windows and heritage stonework have been preserved by City & Country. Additional adaptations, including carefully relocating staircases and sensitive alterations to longstanding internal divisions, have been carried out to enhance the new homes being created.
Further modifications to the site have resulted in the creation of new access roads, which will improve safety and traffic flow around the site.
Simon Vernon-Harcourt, Design and Planning Director at City & Country, said:
“The conversion process at The 1840 has at every point been guided by a heritage-led philosophy, with Phase Three works taking place to enhance and complement the building’s original Victorian fabric. We have employed a team of heritage experts to guide the conversion process, ensuring that the original craftsmanship and architectural character of the building will be preserved wherever possible, and future-proofed for generations to come.”
The 1840 St George’s Gardens was named in recognition of the year of its original construction. Now, it comprises an impressive estate fronted by an impressive Tudor-style brick composition building. The development overlooks 32 acres of green space, including beautifully landscaped gardens and common areas. The completed collection at The 1840 will comprise a mix of one, two and three-bedroom apartments within the historical hospital building.
The first completed apartments in phase three are expected to be ready for move-in from Summer 2026, with all 112 homes scheduled to be occupied by December 2027. Prices start at £450,000 for a one-bedroom apartment.
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