University of Birmingham's Medical School, UK



Architect
Henry Vaughan Lancaster & Thomas Arthur Lodge
Date Built
1938
Location
Vincent Drive
Description
In 1933 construction began to create Birmingham's Queen Elizabeth Hospital with this adjoining University Medical School. 



The linking of the two facilities was a new departure for medicine in Birmingham.  As pointed out on the https://www.uhb.nhs.uk/qe-history.htm webpage "... In the words of the architects responsible for the hospital's design, 'Modern hospital and medical practice demands there shall be organic and integral connection between the scientist and the clinician for the most efficient treatment of the patient.  The Medical School had previously been located in the city centre, some distance between the city's main teaching hospitals; the Queen's Hospital (opened 1841), the General Hospital (opened in 1779 and rebuilt in 1897), and the University of Birmingham (opened in 1900).'"



Above the entrance is a sculpture by the local artist William Bloye depicting Aesculapius and the university coat of arms.   Aesculapius was a god of medicine in ancient Greek religion and mythology.






Rising above the Medical School is the art deco clock tower of the old Queen Elizabeth Hospital.







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