Ellern Mede

For the pond, see Totteridge Common. For the school, see List of schools in the London Borough of Barnet.

Ellern Mede
Ellern Mede is located in Greater London
Ellern Mede
Location of Ellern Mede in Greater London
LocationTotteridge Common, Barnet, North London, England
Coordinates51°37′53.45″N 0°13′11″W / 51.6315139°N 0.21972°W / 51.6315139; -0.21972
Built1876–77
ArchitectRichard Norman Shaw
Listed Building – Grade II
Official nameEllern Mede
Designated14 February 1975[1]
Reference no.1359108

Ellern Mede is a specialist private provider of eating disorder services in England. It runs two hospitals in North London and one in Rotherham. The hospital in Warwick Road, Barnet opened in 2017.[2] The service takes referrals from Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services[3] for children with anorexia.[4]

Building

The company is named after Ellern Mede, a large detached house at 31 Totteridge Common in the London Borough of Barnet, N20.[1] It was built between 1876 and 1877 by the architect Richard Norman Shaw for businessman William Austin.[5]

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".[6]

History

In recent years Ellern Mede has been a nursing home,[7] and the Ellern Mede Centre for Eating Disorders was founded in the building in 2000, before moving to Mill Hill in May 2011.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b Historic England. "Ellern Mede (1359108)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
  2. ^ "New eating disorder clinic Ellern Mede opens in Barnet". Times Series. 20 June 2017. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  3. ^ "The NHS saved me from anorexia when I had no one to look after me". Guardian. 27 January 2016. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  4. ^ "My daughter, guardian angel for anorexic teens". Express. 23 May 2011. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  5. ^ Andrew Saint (29 June 2010). Richard Norman Shaw. Yale University Press. p. 102. ISBN 978-0-300-15526-6. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ Great Britain. Ministry of Health (1952). Hospitals' directory England and Wales, 1952. H.M. Stationery Off. p. 208. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
  8. ^ "Ellern Mede". Ellern Mede Centre – About Us. Ellern Mede Centre. Retrieved 20 January 2013.