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Derbyshire Royal Infirmary.
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Victoria Hospital for Children, Chelsea.
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Hampstead General Hospital, Pond Street, NW3.
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Bolingbroke Hospital, Battersea.
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Grave of Keith Young in Highgate Cemetery.
Keith Downes Young | |
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![]() Photographic portrait of Keith Downes Young. | |
Born | 12 September 1848 |
Died | 1 December 1929 | (aged 81)
Resting place | Highgate Cemetery |
Education | Tonbridge School |
Occupation | Architect |
Keith Downes Young (12 September 1848 - 1 December 1929) was an English architect best known for designing hospitals and school sanatoria.
Keith Downes Young was born in King's Road, Richmond, Surrey on 12 September 1848. [1] He attended Tonbridge School, after which, in 1865, [2] he was articled to his father, George Adam Young. [3] He studied at South Kensington School of Art and the Architectural Association. [3]
He commenced independent practice in London in 1871 and entered into partnership with his father the following year. [4] By 1886 he had entered into partnership with the church architect, Henry Hall, and their practice acquired a reputation for designing hospitals and school sanatoria. [3] The partnership of Young and Hall was considered to be the pre-eminent British architects in the designing of hospitals. By 1922 sixteen hospitals had been built to their designs and over thirty-five others had been remodelled and rebuilt under their direction. [5]
Young practiced for over fifty years, advising on approximately forty hospitals, either as new buildings or alterations, [1] including the Middlesex Hospital, the Royal Eye Hospital, the Hospital for Epilepsy and Paralysis, the Chelsea Hospital for Women and Guy's Hospital Medical School. [3] Young held long-term positions as architect to the London Fever Hospital and the Middlesex Hospital. He was also appointed as Honorary Architect to the Royal Eye Hospital. [5]
Keith Downes Young died on 1 December 1929 and was buried on the eastern side of Highgate Cemetery.
Hospitals: [3]
School Sanatoria: [3]
Other works: [3]