A large general hospital , built on the outskirts of town in 1932-34 to replace eariler general and eye hospitals. Designed by Cecil Burns FRIBA, and constructed by John Jarvis, a local contractor, the new hospital comprised a main block, for administration, casualty, out-patients' and other departemnts, with two long ward wings stretching southwards from either end. A seperate nurse' home was attached to the main buildings by a bridge and stepped covered way. All the buildings were of reinforced concrete construction, with brick in filling, the layers of horizontal contrete memebrs forming the elevations. The most stricking features of the design were the south-facing covered sun balconies at the ends of the wards, each connecting with the others by spiral reinforced concrete ramps, supported by cantilevers(1)

Historic England archive material: BF101357 KENT AND SUSSEX HOSPITAL, MOUNT EPHRAIM, TUNBRIDGE WELLS Miniature Format Film Number: 187/T

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 RCHME, 1993, Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England: Compilation of Kent Hospitals Record Sheets (Unpublished document).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

<2> 1935, The Builder (Serial). SKE6862.

<3> 1938, The Builder (Serial). SKE6863.

<4> 1939, The Builder (Serial). SKE6864.

<5> 1939, The Builder (Serial). SKE6865.

<6> Greene J., 1987, Brightening the Long Dyas: hospital tile pictures (Monograph). SKE6866.

<7> RCHME edited by Harriet Richardson, 1998, English Hospitals 1660-1948 (Monograph). SKE6867.