Historical information

In May 1939, the Railway Commissioners agreed to lease a site at the Kew Railway Station to construct a new baby health centre. Designed by the Kew City Building Surveyor, Rowland Chipperfield, the Centre, previously conducted at the Walpole Street Town Hall, was transferred to the Denmark Street site.

Physical description

Colourised photograph of the single-storey cream tapestry-brick Baby Health Centre with curved corner, steel lettering "BABY HEALTH CENTRE", round porthole window and terracotta tiled roof. Built on the former Kew Railway Station yard, designed by City Surveyor Rowland Chipperfield. Photograph shows the centre before the construction of the Country Roads Board towers, looking north-east with entrance pergola and newly landscaped beds.