As the story goes, Paul Allen and Dave Stewart were having a drink one night in Covent Garden when they spotted a boarded-up and lonely-looking building over the street. Enquiry revealed it had once been a hospital. Between them, the plan was hatched to revive this once elegant shell and transform it into a hub of creativity, full of people, ideas, music and life.

Paul bought the former St Paul’s Hospital in 1996, and opened its doors as The Hospital Club in September 2004.

From the outset, Dave Stewart worked in close collaboration with Paul Allen on the creation of The Hospital Club. A multi-media entrepreneur, he is not only recognized as one of the most respected and successful talents in the music industry today but as a renowned producer and writer with astute business acumen. Dave continues to support The Hospital Club, remaining committed to its creative core and many initiatives.

The Hospital Club was indeed a hospital, in fact several. In 1749, funded by eighteenth century philanthropists, a maternity hospital was opened on the site. A rare support in a harsh world it ran for over 150 years. During the 1st World War the building was called The Endell Street Hospital, a teaching hospital, run by a select group of medical women. In 1923, St Paul’s Hospital moved from Red Lion Square to occupy the site. It closed for the duration of World War II but reopened under the National Health Service in 1948 having merged with nearby St Peter’s. In 1959, St Paul's Hospital made history as it had one of the first artificial kidney units in the country, paving the way for today's dialysis treatment.

St Paul’s Hospital was closed in 1992. The building was bought by Paul Allen four years later. Whilst the original external façade was retained, renovations began on the interior in 1999 and The Hospital Club opened in 2004.