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]

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

Building

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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

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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

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  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.