NHER 14759 (Monument record) - World War Two hospital, Wymondham College

Hospital, military; World War Two.
Basic structures remain; nissen huts etc.
Now in use as Wymondham College (private school).
Information from pupils.
E. Rose (NAU) 23 April 1979.

In 1987, general wards used as classrooms; psychiatric wards are science labs; original boilerhouse used; mortuary now careers centre. Chapel demolished.
See newspaper cuttings in file.
Plan in file.
E. Rose (NAU) 4 December 1987.

The complex is important in that, although universally known as the 77th USAAF hospital, and built by them, it was immediately handed over to and run by the Emergency Medical Service - possibly the only 'new' EMS hospital to survive.
See (S6).
E. Rose (NLA) 9 April 1999.

Despite the last paragraph, the final remaining Nissen huts were demolished in 2001, except for one converted for use as a chapel.
E. Rose (NLA), 9 April 2001.

In the period between the end of use as a hospital and its use as a hospital and its use as a private school, (1947-50) the complex became an Emergency Training College (for converting demobilised troops into teachers).
See (S7).
E. Rose (NLA), 1 December 2003.

April 2012. Norfolk NMP.
HER polygon extended to incorporate area of Nissen huts to the south, centred on TM 0733 9819, and the site’s sewerage works, centred on TM 0782 9834, visible on aerial photographs (S2-S5), and shown on the plan in the secondary file (S1).
E. Bales (NMP), 17 April 2012.

February 2026. HER Enhancement: Forestry Commission Project K.
The southern group of upstanding World War Two huts (see above), previously associated with the former hospital, are visible on aerial photographs from 2024 (S8).
J. Powell (Norfolk County Council Environment Service), 27 February 2026