A brief history of Whipps Cross Hospital

by Alan Simpson

Messrs. Shillitoe & Sons, of Bury St. Edmunds, have been the general contractors, Mr. H. Fawcet being the works manager, Mr. T. E. Edmunds has acted as clerk to the works, and Mr. John Buley, of Laurence Pountney Hill, Cannon-street, E.C., has superintended the engineering works for the Guardians, and Mr. A. T. Walmisley, M.Inst.C E., of Westminster, has acted as consulting engineer to the architect. The stoves and ranges have been supplied by Messrs Hendry & Pattisson, and Carter & Aynsley; the glazed bricks by Brookes. of Halifax, and the red bricks by Cornish, of Shenfield. The stonework was by F. Mortimer, of Walthamstow; heating and hot-water work by Wontner, Smith, Gray, & Co.; the hydrants by Shand, Mason, & Co.; the road-making by H. V. Manders; the marble mosaic and terrazzo flooring by Pattesson & Co. of Manchester, and the Art Pavements and Decorations Co., Ltd.; electric bells, Jackson Bros.; glazing to chapels, Lowndes & Drury; steel tanks, Steavenson & Co.; covering to boilers, Dick's Asbestos Co.; fencing, Bayliss, Jones, & Co., and E. C. White; water softener, Stanhope Water Co.; floor polishing. Ronuk, Ltd.; engineers for well pumps, J. Reedman & Co. Mr. Crow, of Stratford, supplied the clock and bells. The architect to the Guardians is Mr. Francis J Sturdy, of London. The amount of the building contract was £186,665.

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