Ellern Mede

The listed building from which Ellern Mede eating disorder service took its name
Native name 31 Totteridge Common, Barnet
Location of The listed building from which Ellern Mede eating disorder service took its name in Greater London
Location Totteridge Common, Barnet, North London, England
Coordinates 51°37′53.45″N 0°13′11″W / 51.6315139°N 0.21972°W / 51.6315139; -0.21972Coordinates: 51°37′53.45″N 0°13′11″W / 51.6315139°N 0.21972°W / 51.6315139; -0.21972
Built 1876-77
Architect Richard Norman Shaw
Listed Building – Grade II
Official name: Ellern Mede
Designated 14 February 1975[1]
Reference no. 1359108

Ellern Mede is the name of an eating disorder service which now operates from several locations in the London area. It is also the trading name for the company Oaktree Forest Limited. Its current main inpatient hospital is Ellern Mede Ridgeway in Holcombe Hill, The Ridgeway, Mill Hill London NW7.

Historically, the service took its name because, from its formation in 2000, it was originally situated at a large detached house with this name 'Ellern Mede' located at 31 Totteridge Common in the London Borough of Barnet, N20.[1] This page was originally created to inform about the house itself, and so visitors looking for the current Ellern Mede service should not use the Totteridge address. The former building used by the service was built between 1876 and 1877 by the architect Richard Norman Shaw for businessman William Austin.[2]

Design

The design is described by Nikolaus Pevsner as "one of Shaw's asymmetrical Old English L-plan compositions...big, bold half-timbered gable over the entrance, and broad tile-hung flank with half-hipped gable, all anchored by tall chimneys".[3]

History

In recent years Ellern Mede has been a nursing home,[4] and the Ellern Mede Centre for Eating Disorders. The eating disorders centre has now moved to Mill Hill, where it opened in May 2011 as the Ellern Mede Ridgeway Service for Eating Disorders.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 Historic England. "Ellern Mede (1359108)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
  2. ↑ Andrew Saint (29 June 2010). Richard Norman Shaw. Yale University Press. p. 102. ISBN 978-0-300-15526-6. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  3. ↑ Bridget Cherry; Nikolaus Pevsner (11 March 1998). London 4: North. Yale University Press. pp. 190–. ISBN 978-0-300-09653-8. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  4. ↑ Great Britain. Ministry of Health (1952). Hospitals' directory England and Wales, 1952. H.M. Stationery Off. p. 208. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
  5. ↑ "Ellern Mede". Ellern Mede Centre - About Us. Ellern Mede Centre. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
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