How it began

Lyme Green Settlement commenced during the later years of the Second World War. The Joint Committee of the British Red Cross

and the Order of St John in Cheshire believed that there would be a need for specialised accommodation for a group of War Pensioners suffering from spinal injuries as a result of which they were confined to wheelchairs (paraplegia).

 

Lyme Green Hall and the adjoining land were purchased, with the aid of a grant from the

Joint Committee of the British Red Cross and the

Order of St John in London.

 

As well as converting the Hall into accommodation

for single War Pensioners, work was commenced on

the construction of 29 two and three-bedroom

bungalows in the grounds of the Hall.

 

The charity became free-standing relying for its funding from residential rents and on site commercial rents from the converted Workshops and a Nursery.

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