Richmond Royal Hospital

Richmond Royal Hospital, on Kew Foot Road in Richmond, London, is a mental health facility operated by South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust, which has its headquarters at Springfield Hospital in Tooting. The hospital's original block is Grade II listed.
The original hospital block is a mid-18th century brown brick house with a Roman Ionic porch. It was the home of the poet James Thomson , who lived there from 1736 until his death. The site is marked by a blue plaque. Thomson wrote his most famous works there including the masque Alfred, which includes the poem "Rule, Britannia" , "The Castle of Indolence" and "The Seasons" . His poem "Rule, Britannia" was set to music by Thomas Arne in 1740 and became a patriotic song. There is a memorial to him in Richmond Park.

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