Opened in 1882 as the Sittingbourne and Milton Joint Hospital for Infectious Diseases it was designed by W. Leonard Grant and built at a cost of £5000. It consisted of two wards, for 24 patients, an administration block with wash house, laundry, disinfecting house, ambulance house and small mortuary. a hospital for infectious diseases. It went through a number of phases of redevelopment particularly in 1915 when a new sanatorium was erected along with two pavilions, by the War Office, for the treatment of troops in the area with infectious diseases.

The function of the hospital changes during the 20th century and finally closed at the end of the century. It has now been demolished. One building has been retained by the NHS as an EMI unit. (1-3)

Evaluation trenching. Nothing of archaeological interest found. (4)

Historic England archive material: BF102790 KEYCOL HILL HOSPITAL, BOBBING

<1> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 2000, Keycol Hospital, Initial Archaeological Desk Survey (Unpublished document). SKE12364.

<2> CgMs Consulting, 2004, Assessment and Written Scheme of Investigation for Historic Building Recording: Former Keycol Hospital, Near Bobbing, Swale (Unpublished document). SKE12365.

<3> CgMs Consulting, 2005, Description and Analysis: Former Sittingbourne and Milton Joint Hospital for Infectious Diseases, Keycol Hospital, Bobbing, Kent (Unpublished document). SKE24355.

<4> Pre-Construct Archaeology, 2004, Evaluation at Keycol Hill, near Bobbing. Sittingbourne , Kent (Unpublished document). SKE12366.