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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 23 NW 203 |
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| Type of record: | Building |
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| Name: | Royal Victoria Hospital (formerly Victoria Hospital) |
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Summary
Small general hospital begun in 1889 and still in use. A small general hosptial, designed by Joseph Gardner in 1889, but built in phases. The central section, containing administrative offices, general and private wards, opened in 1890, and was supplemented by a ward wing designed by H. Percy Adams and built in 1900-2. Further ward wings were added in 1910 and 1927, and a nurses' home and private block were built in 1921-3. All buildings are of red brick with dressings stone. From 1914-1918 this civil hospital provided military beds.
| Grid Reference: | TR 22256 36642 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR23NW |
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| Parish: | FOLKESTONE, SHEPWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
Full description
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A small general hosptial, designed by Joseph Gardner in 1889, but built in phases. The central section, containing administrative offices, general and private wards, opened in 1890, and was supplemented by a ward wing designed by H. Percy Adams and built in 1900-2. Further ward wings were added in 1910 and 1927, and a nurses' home and private block were built in 1921-3. All buildings are of red brick with dressings stone. (1,2)
From 1914-1918 this civil hospital provided military beds.
Hazel Basford, 2004, Kent VAD - the work of voluntary aid detachments in Kent during the first World War (Unpublished document). SKE31644.
<1> RCHME, 1993, Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England: Compilation of Kent Hospitals Record Sheets (Unpublished document). SKE6841.
<2> 1889, British Medical Journal (Serial). SKE6852.
<3> 1890, Britsh Medical Journal (Serial). SKE6853.
<4> 1900, The Builder (Serial). SKE6854.
<5> 1937, The Builder (Serial). SKE6855.
<6> 1889, Building News (Serial). SKE6856.
<7> 1889, Building News (Serial). SKE6857.
<8> 1892, The Hospital (Serial). SKE6858.
<9> 1902, The Hospital (Serial). SKE6859.
<10> RCHME edited by Harriet Richardson, 1998, English Hospitals 1660-1948 (Monograph). SKE6867.
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. |
| <1> | Unpublished document: RCHME. 1993. Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England: Compilation of Kent Hospitals Record Sheets. |
| <2> | Serial: 1889. British Medical Journal. |
| <3> | Serial: 1890. Britsh Medical Journal. |
| <4> | Serial: 1900. The Builder. |
| <5> | Serial: 1937. The Builder. |
| <6> | Serial: 1889. Building News. |
| <7> | Serial: 1889. Building News. |
| <8> | Serial: 1892. The Hospital. |
| <9> | Serial: 1902. The Hospital. |
| <10> | Monograph: RCHME edited by Harriet Richardson. 1998. English Hospitals 1660-1948. |
