This large general hospital was built to replace the original building in Longport Street which had been erected in 1793. The new hospital was designed by Cecil Burns of Tunbridge Wells in 1935. It opened in 1937. Its then modern style construction are now largely concealed by later additions. During the Second World War hutted blocks were built on the site as part of the Emergancy Medical Scheme (EMS). In 1948 the hospital became part of the NHS and continues to function as a general hospital.(1)
Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) Hospital used at some time between 1914 and 1918 (40-45 beds - civil).

General hospital built in on the site of the lay cemetery south of the Abbey and opened in 1793. It was originally a three-storey building with two-storey wings on each side. New wings were added in 1874 and the whole was renovated in 1905 by W J Jennings. A new hospital was built on another site in the 1930's opening officially in 1937. The existing building was used as a technical high school for boys from 1937. The building was demolished in 1971

Historic England archive material: BF101137 THE KENT AND CANTERBURY HOSPITAL, ETHELBERT ROAD Miniature Format Film Number: 148/ZBF101139 THE KENT AND CANTERBURY HOSPITAL, LONGPORT STREET

<1> RCHME, 1993, Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England: Compilation of Kent Hospitals Record Sheets (Unpublished document). SKE6841.

<2> RCHME edited by Harriet Richardson, 1998, English Hospitals 1660-1948 (Monograph). SKE6867.