Hall, Edwin T

Edwin Thomas Hall (1851–1923) was a British architect known primarily for the design of the Liberty & Co. department store, the Old Library at Dulwich College and various hospitals.

In 1894 he won the competition for the design of Hither Green Infectious Diseases Hospital. The Park Fever Hospital (latterly Hither Green Hospital) was opened by the Prince of Wales in 1897 for the treatment of infectious diseases such as scarlet fever or diphtheria.

The hospital closed in 1997 and was redeveloped as a housing estate called Meridian South. All that remains of the hospital now is the water tower with its large clock faces (now the emblem of Hither Green) which is illuminated at night, and several of the hospital’s outbuildings.