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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 86 NE 53 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Chetney Hill Island lazaret |
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Summary
Lazaret begun in 1801. Never completed. Regular pattern of rectangular buildings seen as cropmark, with associated(?) works to north-west - possibly TQ 87 SE 41.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 8820 6984 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ86NE |
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| Parish: | IWADE, SWALE, KENT |
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Monument Types
| Protected Status: | Selected Heritage Inventory for Natural England: Chetney Hill Island lazaret (or leper hospital) |
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Full description
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Quarentine establishment begun on Chetney Hill Island (TQ 882697 - OS 6" 1970) in 1801. This was the only lazaret built in England and was planned to rank with the great 'lazarettos' of the Mediterranean trading ports. The building is no longer standing and its design is not known, but at least part of its plan by James Wyatt was completed. The 1947 Aerial Survey Map shows foundation footings of a considerable rectangular building running from NW-SE (see illustration card). Rectangular compartments seem to be set off from a central corridor. Some fragments of walls are still standing and are locally believed to be the remains of a former college. After 10 years of work the lazaret was not completed and to what extent its buildings were used for quarentine is not clear (1). Site photographs (2-4).
Description from record TQ 86 NE 1038:
Regular pattern of rectangular buildings seen as cropmark, with associated(?) works to north-west - possibly TQ 87 SE 41. Not marked on 1st 2nd or 3d ed OS mapping, photographs (1-4). However a wall is marked a being very close
<1> Arch Cant 79 1964 1-15 plates (P Froggatt) (OS Card Reference). SKE35656.
<1> 2000, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10363.
<2> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9581.
<2> 2000, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10340.
<3> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9582.
<3> 2000, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10340.
<4> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9581.
<4> 2000, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10363.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1>XY | OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 79 1964 1-15 plates (P Froggatt). [Mapped feature: #29893 hospital, ] |
| <1> | Photograph (Print): 2000. Photograph. 35. print. |
| <2> | Photograph (Print): 2000. Photograph. 87. print. |
| <2> | Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 4140. print. |
| <3> | Photograph (Print): 2000. Photograph. 87. print. |
| <3> | Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 4142. print. |
| <4> | Photograph (Print): 2000. Photograph. 35. print. |
| <4> | Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 4140. print. |
