Listed Building record TQ 75 NW 219 - GATE AND LODGES OF OAKWOOD HOSPITAL

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1833 to 1833 Two lodges at the south entrance to Oakwood Hospital and one at the east entrance all listed Grade II. The two to the south are of 2 storeys and the one to the east is of 1 storey. All built in ashlar and designed by John Whichcord.

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Grid reference TQ 7351 5502 (point)
Map sheet TQ75NW
County KENT
District MAIDSTONE, KENT
Civil Parish MAIDSTONE, MAIDSTONE, KENT

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The following text is from the original listed building designation:
ST ANDREW'S ROAD 1. 5278 Gate and Lodges of Oakwood Hospital TQ 75 NW 8/170A II
2. 1833, ashlar. 2 heavily rusticated stone gate piers joined to 2 lodges by pedestrian arches. Lodges have 2 storeys and 1 window each. The ground floor is rusticated. Parapet, cornice and stringcourse. Glazing bars intact. The centre portion of each projects. They are flanked on each side by further rusticated gate piers making up pedestrian arches on the inner side and on the outer side leading to a curved curtain wall which has a balancing pier on the other side£between the curve where the wall continues square. Cast iron and glass lamps on inner stone piers.
Listing NGR: TQ7357655006 (1)

Historic England archive material: BF086905 Oakwood Hospital (formerly Kent County Lunatic Asylum), St Andrews Road, Barming, Maidstone Miniature Format Film Number: 149/Y


English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.

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May 16 2025 11:32AM