Building record TR 23 NW 203 - Royal Victoria Hospital (formerly Victoria Hospital)

Summary

Small general hospital begun in 1889 and still in use. A small general hosptial, designed by Joseph Gardner in 1889, but built in phases. The central section, containing administrative offices, general and private wards, opened in 1890, and was supplemented by a ward wing designed by H. Percy Adams and built in 1900-2. Further ward wings were added in 1910 and 1927, and a nurses' home and private block were built in 1921-3. All buildings are of red brick with dressings stone. From 1914-1918 this civil hospital provided military beds.

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Grid reference TR 22256 36642 (point) Estimated from sources
Map sheet TR23NW
Civil Parish FOLKESTONE, SHEPWAY, KENT
County KENT
District FOLKESTONE AND HYTHE, KENT

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Hazel Basford, 2004, Kent VAD - the work of voluntary aid detachments in Kent during the first World War (Unpublished document). SKE31644.

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 RCHME, 1993, Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England: Compilation of Kent Hospitals Record Sheets (Unpublished document).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

<2> 1889, British Medical Journal (Serial). SKE6852.

<3> 1890, Britsh Medical Journal (Serial). SKE6853.

<4> 1900, The Builder (Serial). SKE6854.

<5> 1937, The Builder (Serial). SKE6855.

<6> 1889, Building News (Serial). SKE6856.

<7> 1889, Building News (Serial). SKE6857.

<8> 1892, The Hospital (Serial). SKE6858.

<9> 1902, The Hospital (Serial). SKE6859.

<10> RCHME edited by Harriet Richardson, 1998, English Hospitals 1660-1948 (Monograph). SKE6867.

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  • --- Unpublished document: Hazel Basford. 2004. Kent VAD - the work of voluntary aid detachments in Kent during the first World War.
  • <1> Unpublished document: RCHME. 1993. Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England: Compilation of Kent Hospitals Record Sheets.
  • <2> Serial: 1889. British Medical Journal.
  • <3> Serial: 1890. Britsh Medical Journal.
  • <4> Serial: 1900. The Builder.
  • <5> Serial: 1937. The Builder.
  • <6> Serial: 1889. Building News.
  • <7> Serial: 1889. Building News.
  • <8> Serial: 1892. The Hospital.
  • <9> Serial: 1902. The Hospital.
  • <10> Monograph: RCHME edited by Harriet Richardson. 1998. English Hospitals 1660-1948.

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Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Non-Intrusive Event: Survey of Royal Victoria Hospital (EKE5070)

Record last edited

Aug 2 2016 11:39AM