St Columbas Hospital

St Columba's Hospital, formerly known as The Elms, is a detached house built around 1875, likely incorporating an earlier structure. It is located on Spaniard's Road in Camden and features red brick construction with terracotta dressings and a Welsh slate roof. The building exhibits a free style with details reminiscent of George Devey, including several shaped gables and a long, irregular two-storey range with three projecting gabled sections and a tower at the south end. There are 20th-century extensions to the north.

The interior has not been inspected but is noted to include a large reception room that is two storeys high, featuring richly carved oak panelling in the French Renaissance style, a large carved chimney piece, and a frieze and ceiling adorned with grotesque grille panels. A full-height bay window faces a viewing gallery on the first floor above the entrance. Another smaller room is fitted with 18th-century style panelling and ceiling plasterwork, while a larger saloon showcases flat Adam style decoration. There are traces of woodwork and carving similar to the reception room, along with Jacobean style doors and architraves in the hall and other rooms, as well as a staircase and stairwell in Jacobean style. A room north of the main saloon has a damaged decorated ceiling concealed by a modern ceiling. The former matron's office has been altered but retains a good ceiling, fireplace, and panelling. Refurbishments in the 1930s introduced some woodwork and bathroom fittings in Art Deco style.

Historically, the house was owned from 1894 to 1908 by Sir Joseph Joel Duveen, an art dealer and collector, who embellished it richly in the 1890s, possibly employing the decorator Collcutt, who had also worked in his West End showrooms. The site was previously home to Mother Huff's Tea Gardens, which thrived here for 50 years starting in 1678.