On the south side of Dulwich Common, on the site of a house originally Toksowa (built c.1790), later the Toksowa Hotel, and renamed Hambledon House, a slight misspelling of the name of Lord Hambleden, a member of the WH Smith family and a benefactor of King’s College Hospital. From the 1950s to the 1970s it was used as a hostel for nurses at King’s College Hospital.