The hospital was established at Gough House in Tite Street in October 1866. Gough House had been built c1710 by
John Vaughan, 3rd Earl of Carbery and later sold to Sir Richard Gough, after whom it was named. Originally known as the South Western London Hospital for Children, it was renamed the Victoria Hospital for Sick Children a month later when the out-patients department opened: and then became the Victoria Hospital for Children in 1905. It joined the
National Health Service in 1948 under the management of
St George's Hospital. After services were transferred to St George's Hospital, it closed in 1964. The building was demolished in 1966. The site is now occupied by St Wilfrid's Convent and Home. == References ==