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Monument details

HER Number:TR 37 SE 1430
Type of record:Building
Name:Wanstead House, Marine Convalescent Home

Summary

Shown on OS map Kent XXV.4.19. Surveyed in 1873.


Grid Reference:TR 3636 7120
Map Sheet:TR37SE
Parish:MARGATE, THANET, KENT

Monument Types

  • CONVALESCENT HOME (Demolished, Post Medieval to Modern - 1873 AD? (at some time) to 1929 AD? (at some time))
  • (Former Type) BOARDING SCHOOL (Closed, Modern - 1929 AD? (About) to 2001 AD (About))

Full description

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Shown on OS map Kent XXV.4.19. Surveyed in 1873.
Also shown on 1st, 2nd and 3rd addition maps as a Convalescent Home.

Wanstead House Voluntary Aid Detachment Hospital, Eastern Esplanade, Cliftonville, run by Kent/152, with 116 beds from October 1914-October 1917.

The 4th addition map (1929-52, shows the building being used as a School.

School listed on Government website as Stimson House School<1>

The building was demolished in 2008 along with adjacent properties and replaced by an apartment block, 'Burlington Place'.


Landmark, Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 1st edition 1862-1875): Landmark Epoch 1 (Map). SKE30964.

Landmark, Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 2nd Edition, 1897-1900): Landmark Epoch 2 (Map). SKE30965.

Landmark, Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 4th Edition, 1929-1952): Landmark Epoch 4 (Map). SKE30967.

Ordinance Survey, 1873, Margate - Kent XXV 4_19 (Map). SKE56393.

Ordinance Survey, 1873, Margate - Kent XXV 4_24 (Map). SKE56387.

Landmark, 1907-1923, Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 3rd Edition, 1907-1923): Landmark Epoch 3 (Map). SKE30966.

Swale and Thames Archaeological Survey Company, 2008, Archaeological Monitoring & Recording at the former Stimson House, 1-19 Eastern Esplanade, Margate, Kent (Unpublished document). SKE17910.

<1> Government, Stimson House School, 1-19 Eastern Esplanade, Cliftonville, Margate, Kent, CT9 2HH (Website). SKE57119.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
---Unpublished document: Swale and Thames Archaeological Survey Company. 2008. Archaeological Monitoring & Recording at the former Stimson House, 1-19 Eastern Esplanade, Margate, Kent.
---Map: Landmark. Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 1st edition 1862-1875): Landmark Epoch 1.
---Map: Landmark. Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 2nd Edition, 1897-1900): Landmark Epoch 2.
---Map: Landmark. 1907-1923. Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 3rd Edition, 1907-1923): Landmark Epoch 3.
---Map: Landmark. Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 4th Edition, 1929-1952): Landmark Epoch 4.
---Map: Ordinance Survey. 1873. Margate - Kent XXV 4_24.
---Map: Ordinance Survey. 1873. Margate - Kent XXV 4_19.
<1>Website: Government. Stimson House School, 1-19 Eastern Esplanade, Cliftonville, Margate, Kent, CT9 2HH.

Related records

TR 37 SE 1324Part of: Wanstead House Vad Hospital, Eastern Esplanade, Clifftonville, Margate (Monument)