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Queen's Jubilee Memorial Home, Woolston
Queen's Jubilee Memorial Home,
Woolston [ca. 1920] Source
Canterbury
Cyclopedia.2002 The Queen's Jubilee
Memorial Home, which occupies a section of six acres of land, with a
frontage to Jubilee Street, Woolston, is the outcome of a popular movement
inaugurated in Queen Victoria's Jubilee Year to raise funds for the
establishment of a home for the respectable and aged poor of both sexes.
By the efforts of an influential committee, a large sum of money was
raised, which was further increased by a substantial Government subsidy,
and the institution was opened in February. 1889. The buildings are almost
entirely of one storey, of brick and lron, with accommodation for
forty-five inmates. The women's section is octagonal in shape, the centre
of the enclosure having a pretty lawn with flower beds. There is a
separate section for the men, with a large and well-lighted diningroom.
The matron's quarters are situated in the two-storey portion of the
buildings, and occupy a central position. In Queen Victoria's Diamond
Jubilee Year, a proposal to add an additional wing was made. It was duly
carried out, and the wing contains thirty-two rooms, with accommodation
for forty additional inmates, making the total accommodation equal to
eighty-five. The entire establishment is connected by handsome corridors.
The matron is assisted by three female and two male
servants.
The Jubilee Home built 1888, was dismantled in 1999 and
rebuilt in 2004 outside City boundaries and is now called Sanctuary
House.
   
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