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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 55 NW 100 |
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| Type of record: | Building |
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| Name: | Sevenoaks Hospital |
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Summary
Founded in 1866 as a Cottage Hospital and still in use as a general hospital.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 53141 56634 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ55NW |
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| Parish: | SEVENOAKS, SEVENOAKS, KENT |
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Monument Types
Full description
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Founded in 1866 as a cottage hospital, this sprawling small general hospital still contains in its midst the building erected in 1872 to the design of John M. Hooker. This was remodelled in 1920-21 to plans drawn up by William Pite before the outbreak of the First World War. A great many additions and alterations were made subsequently, completely obscuring the original building. In 1933 a nurses' home opened on a nearby site. The hospital was transferred to the NHS in 1948 and remains in use as a general hospital.(1)
<1> RCHME, 1993, Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England: Compilation of Kent Hospitals Record Sheets (Unpublished document). SKE6841.
<2> RCHME edited by Harriet Richardson, 1998, English Hospitals 1660-1948 (Monograph). SKE6867.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Unpublished document: RCHME. 1993. Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England: Compilation of Kent Hospitals Record Sheets. |
| <2> | Monograph: RCHME edited by Harriet Richardson. 1998. English Hospitals 1660-1948. |
