Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1818 to 1999 Summary from record TQ 57 SW 235: Rare example of an intact early 19th century workhouse, 1838, with detached chapel, added in 1878 and two infirmary blocks of 1887 - 1897. Further additions, including more ward blocks, a kitchen block and a nurses' home, were made at the turn of the century. In 1913 the site was renamed the King Edward Hospital, and two further medical blocks and a new nurses' home added in the 1930's. Renamed West Hill Hospital under the NHS, the site has many post 1948 additions, and the original workhouse blocks have been sold and converted to offices. Summary from record TQ 57 SW 232: Built on the corner of Priory Road (formerly Priory Lane) and West Hill in 1729 this was the site of the Dartford Parish Workhouse. With the Poor Law Amendment Act in the 1830's Dartford parish was amalgamated with twenty-one surrounding parishes and a new larger workhouse was required which was built in the gardens and on the site of this earlier workhouse.