St Clements Hospital was a mental health hospital located in the Bow and was situated in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, The building opened in a former workhouse building as the City of London Union Infirmary in 1874.
[1] The palatial design of the workhouse had been created by architect Richard Tress and had cost over £55,000 to construct, boasted central heating, a dining-hall measuring 100 feet by 50 feet, Siberian marble pillars, and a chapel with stained glass windows and a new organ.
[2] Following the hospital's closure the site was transferred from the NHS to English Partnerships, then to the Homes and Communities Agency, and eventually the Greater London Authority, who marketed it as a regeneration opportunity in 2011.
[3] Mayor of London Boris Johnson broke the ground on the site in March 2014.
The house prices are not based on the open market rate but instead are linked to the average median salaries in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.