The Brown Institution, Vauxhall

The Brown Institution, Vauxhall, for diseases of animals. The building was made possible due to a bequest by the late Thomas Brown of Dublin who wished for a the Senate of the University of London to establish and maintain a college and hospital for curing disease of animals. The premises consisted of two adjoining houses, with a stable and coach-house, land for turf and exercising, shed adn fold, kennels, hutches and an aviary. In the late 1870s, the institute became a target of the anti-vivisection movement in England and the building on Wandsworth road was destroyed by German bombs in 1944

Diseases Vauxhall Veterinary Wandsworth

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