Royal Victoria Hospital was a small general hospital, originally founded in 1828 as a dispensary. In 1850 the institution acquired a disused stucco fronted classical house on the High Street, which had been erected in 1834 for a local paper maker, and was reopened in 1851 as a hospital. A two storey brick ward wing was added in 1888-9, designed by Mr Grant of Sittingbourne Local Board. Subsequent additions include an out-patients' department (1901), designed in a restrained Arts Nouveau style by Rowland Plumbe; a nurses' home (1915); and another two storey brick ward wing (1933). The hospital was closed in 1987. (summarised from source). (1-2)

Historic England archive material: BF101319 ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL, FOLKESTONE Miniature Format Film Number: 187/A

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 RCHME, 1993, Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England: Compilation of Kent Hospitals Record Sheets (Unpublished document).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