TR 15 NE 391 - Nunnery Fields Hospital (formerly Canterbury Union Workhouse and Infirmary)

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Building record TR 15 NE 391 - Nunnery Fields Hospital (formerly Canterbury Union Workhouse and Infirmary)

Summary

Originally a Poor Law site erected c.1850 now a geriatric hospital.

Location

Grid reference	TR 1500 5675 (point) Estimated from sources
Map sheet	TR15NE
County	KENT
District	CANTERBURY, KENT
Civil Parish	CANTERBURY, CANTERBURY, KENT

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Full Description

Now a geriatric hospital, this was originally a Poor Law site, comprising Canterbury Union Workhouse, erected in c.1850 to designs by Hezekiah Marshall, and an adjoining infirmary, added in 1883 to designs by john Cowell. Other buildings on the site include a detached chapel and a home for staff.(1)

Additional information (2)

<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 RCHME, 1993, Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England: Compilation of Kent Hospitals Record Sheets (Unpublished document).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> Thames Valley Archaeological Services, 2002, Nunnery Fields Hospital, Canterbury, Kent: An Archaeological Desk Based Assessment (Unpublished document). SKe8109.

Sources/Archives (3)

<1> SKE6841 Unpublished document: RCHME. 1993. Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England: Compilation of Kent Hospitals Record Sheets.
<2> SKE6867 Monograph: RCHME edited by Harriet Richardson. 1998. English Hospitals 1660-1948.
<3> SKE8109 Unpublished document: Thames Valley Archaeological Services. 2002. Nunnery Fields Hospital, Canterbury, Kent: An Archaeological Desk Based Assessment.