West Kirby Convalescent Home for Children, Meols Drive, West Kirby, Wirral

WEST KIRBY - A new Wing at the West Kirby Convalescent Home for Children has been opened. It is a red brick building, designed by Mr. A. W. Smith to match the main block, and its chief internal features are the provision of Isolation Rooms for infectious diseases and a Special Ward for children who have had the misfortune to be crippled. There are special accommodations of various kinds, including a Disinfecting Chamber, and there are also Nurses’ Rooms, Dormitories, and a large well-lighted Day Room. The internal fittings are of pine, the staircases and Corridors having a dado of glazed bricks. The building has been erected by Mr. W. H. Forde, has cost about £3,000 and will give accommodation for thirty more beds. [Builders Journal 13 May 1896 page 223]

aka            West Kirby Residential School from 1979