Building record TQ 55 SW 445 - The Croft, Oak Lane, Sevenoaks

Summary

Other residential property. Main construction : 1902. Designated a Locally Listed Building by Sevenoaks District Council

Location

Grid reference TQ 5193 5295 (point)
Map sheet TQ55SW
County KENT
Civil Parish SEVENOAKS, SEVENOAKS, KENT
District SEVENOAKS, KENT

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A group of residential buildings which the Sevenoaks Urban District Council had built as the Oak Lane Isolation Hospital in 1902. It comprised an administration building, two single-storeyed ward blocks and a combined laundry, mortuary and ambulance shed. It was taken over by the NHS in 1948 and operated as the Oak Lane Hospital until 1972, when the Kent County Council acquired it and turned it into a home for children and young people with disabilities. It was renamed "The Croft". The buildings are all of similar design and are constructed of red brick with pitched rooves of slate or clay peg tiles. The main building (the old Administration Block) - "The Croft" - is two-storeyed and has been converted into flats. The former laundry, mortuary and ambulance shed became classrooms when the complex was used as a children's home - it is now quite a substantial house. One of the former ward blocks is now a terrace of small houses. It is a well laid-out complex with plenty of parking. (1)


<1> Sevenoaks District Council, Sevenoaks District Council Local List of Heritage Assets (Index). SKE53505.

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  • <1> Index: Sevenoaks District Council. Sevenoaks District Council Local List of Heritage Assets.

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Sep 12 2020 1:19PM