Building record TR 15 SW 57 - St Augustine's Hospital

Summary

Built in 1872-75 as the Kent County Asylum due to close in 1991.

Location

Grid reference Centred TR 1155 5409 (553m by 351m)
Map sheet TR15SW
County KENT
District CANTERBURY, KENT
Civil Parish CHARTHAM, CANTERBURY, KENT

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Type and Period (2)

Full Description

Originally founded as the second Kent County Lunatic Asylum. Opened in 1875. Designed on the pavilion plan and brick built. Main additions include a sanatorium, mortuary house, patients villas, a nurses hostel and an admissions hospital.(1-2)

Additional Reference (3)

Historic England archive material: BF101176 ST AUGUSTINES HOSPITAL, CHARTHAM DOWN, CHARTHAM Miniature Format Film Number: 149/K,149/L


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 RCHME, 1993, Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England: Compilation of Kent Hospitals Record Sheets (Unpublished document).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

<3> Lawson-Price Environmental, 1996, Archaeological Desk Based Assessment of Land At St Augustine's Hospital Chartham (Unpublished document). SKE8362.

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <1> Unpublished document: RCHME. 1993. Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England: Compilation of Kent Hospitals Record Sheets.
  • <2> Monograph: RCHME edited by Harriet Richardson. 1998. English Hospitals 1660-1948.
  • <3> Unpublished document: Lawson-Price Environmental. 1996. Archaeological Desk Based Assessment of Land At St Augustine's Hospital Chartham.

Finds (0)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

Related Events/Activities (3)

  • Intrusive Event: Archaeological evaluation at St Augustine's Hospital, Chartham, Kent (Phase 2), 2000 (Ref: Site code: STAC2 00) (EKE21556)
  • Non-Intrusive Event: RCHME: Hospitals Project (EKE20853)
  • Non-Intrusive Event: Survey of St Augustine's Hospital (EKE5056)

Record last edited

May 7 2025 8:41PM