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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 04 SW 101 |
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| Type of record: | Building |
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| Name: | VAD Hospital Swanton House, Elwick Road, Ashford |
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Summary
Swanton House, Elwick Road, a Military Hospital WW1 set up for war pensioners in March 1919.
| Grid Reference: | TR 0104 4242 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR04SW |
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| Parish: | ASHFORD, ASHFORD, KENT |
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Monument Types
- (Former Type) HOSPITAL (Modern to Unknown - 1919 AD)
Full description
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Swanton House, Elwick Road, a Military Hospital set up for war pensioners in March 1919. The building is still in use - now Swanton House Centre.
A Heritage and Townscape assessment and desk-based assessment were conducted in 2020 prior to planned demolition and redevelopment. (2-3).
Hazel Basford, 2004, Kent VAD - the work of voluntary aid detachments in Kent during the first World War (Unpublished document). SKE31644.
<2> Heritage Collective, 2020, Heritage and Townscape Assessment, Swanton House, Ashford, Kent (Unpublished document). SKE53695.
<3> Archaeological Collective, 2020, Archaeological desk based assessment, Swanton House, Ashford, Kent (Unpublished document). SKE53706.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | --- | Unpublished document: Hazel Basford. 2004. Kent VAD - the work of voluntary aid detachments in Kent during the first World War. |
| <2> | Unpublished document: Heritage Collective. 2020. Heritage and Townscape Assessment, Swanton House, Ashford, Kent. |
| <3> | Unpublished document: Archaeological Collective. 2020. Archaeological desk based assessment, Swanton House, Ashford, Kent. |
