Wilson House, London

Wilson House is a hall of residence for Imperial College London. It is located at 38-76 Sussex Gardens, near to Edgware Road and Paddington tube stations. Beside the 20 houses facing Sussex Gardens, the Wilson House complex also includes two more houses at 32-34 Southwick Street and a Sports Center located at the back of Wilson House.

Wilson House was first opened in December 1954 and it was the first student hostel of St Mary's Hospital Medical School. When St Mary's Hospital Medical School became part of Imperial College London in 1988, Wilson House became the second largest undergraduate hall of residence of Imperial College London. The two houses on Southwick Street, also called Edgar Lawley attachment, were added just before Wilson House became part of Imperial College London.

Wilson House is named after Charles Wilson, 1st Baron Moran, who was the Dean of St Mary's Hospital Medical School between between 1920 and 1945 but became famous for being Sir Winston Churchill's personal physician. The attachment on Southwick Street was donated by the Edgar E Lawley Foundation, founded in 1961 by Edgar E Lawley (1889 - 1977) who was also the chairman of St Mary's Hospital Medical School.

Today, Wilson House hosts 270 students from up to 60 different nationalities.

External links

* [https://www.union.ic.ac.uk/halls/wilson/ Wilson House Homepage]
* [http://www.imperial.ac.uk/conferences/index.asp?Page_id=109 Wilson House Accommodation and Facilities]