This small infectious diseases hospital was designed by G.J. Skipper, of Norwich, and was erected on a site on the outskirts of town in 1882-3. it originally comprised a three-storey administration block connected by a covered way to two single-storey ward pavillions, with a smaller, detached ward block, laundry and mortuary, all of plain white brick. A large, two-storey convalescent block, designed by George E. Bond, was built in c.1900, and a gate lodge and cubicle block were added to the site in c.1927. (1-5)

Historic England archive material: BF101367 ST WILLIAM'S HOSPITAL, ROCHESTER Miniature Format Film Number: 187/W

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 RCHME, 1993, Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England: Compilation of Kent Hospitals Record Sheets (Unpublished document).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

<2> 1914, The Builder (Serial). SKE6844.

<3> 1937, The Builder (Serial). SKE6845.

<4> 1937, The Builder (Serial). SKE6846.

<5> 1883, Building News (Serial). SKE6847.

<6> 1883, Building News (Serial). SKE6848.

<7> 1883, Chatham and Rochester News (Serial). SKE6849.

<8> RCHME edited by Harriet Richardson, 1998, English Hospitals 1660-1948 (Monograph). SKE6867.