Listed Building record TR 37 SW 1056 - ROYAL SEA BATHING HOSPITAL

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1793 to 1900 Summary from record TR 37 SW 38: The hospital was erected close to the sea front in 1793-6 and designed by the Rev. J. Pridden, one of the founders, featuring colonnades for patients to sleep in the open air as part of their treatment. Additions were made to the building throughout the 19th century designed by James Knowles Jnr. These included a heated indoor salt water pool, new wards and a chapel. A monumental Doric portico added to the hospital is believed to have possibly come from the ruins of Lord Holland's villa at nearby Kingsgate. During the First World War British and Belgian servicemen suffering from TB and shellshock were treated at the hospital and this TB treatment continued after the war for discharged soldiers in new wing extension called the King George V Wing opened in 1920. In the early 1990's the hospitals facilities were moved to the Thanet District Hospital and the Royal Sea Hospital closed down. It is currently empty although development proposals have been suggested. Civilian hospital with 50 beds for military patients, c.1914-1918

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Grid reference Centred TR 34363 70536 (154m by 161m)
Map sheet TR37SW
Civil Parish MARGATE, THANET, KENT
District THANET, KENT

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

Landmark, Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 1st edition 1862-1875): Landmark Epoch 1 (Map). SKE30964.

Landmark, Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 2nd Edition, 1897-1900): Landmark Epoch 2 (Map). SKE30965.

Landmark, Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 4th Edition, 1929-1952): Landmark Epoch 4 (Map). SKE30967.

Ordinance Survey, 1872, Margate - Kent XXV 7_5 (Map). SKE56378.

Ordinance Survey, 1873, Margate - Kent XXV 8_7 (Map). SKE56376.

Landmark, 1907-1923, Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 3rd Edition, 1907-1923): Landmark Epoch 3 (Map). SKE30966.

Hazel Basford, 2004, Kent VAD - the work of voluntary aid detachments in Kent during the first World War (Unpublished document).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

Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 2006, The Royal Sea-Bathing Hospital, Canterbury Road, Margate: An Archaeological Survey of the Hospital Site and Buildings (Unpublished document). SKE17717.

<1> RCHME, 1993, Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England: Compilation of Kent Hospitals Record Sheets, nbr 101365 (Unpublished document). SKE6841.

<2> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 2005, Report on Evaluation Trenching (Phase 1) at the Royal Sea Bathing Hospital, Margate, June 2005 (Unpublished document). SKE18188.

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  • --- Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.
  • --- Unpublished document: Canterbury Archaeological Trust. 2006. The Royal Sea-Bathing Hospital, Canterbury Road, Margate: An Archaeological Survey of the Hospital Site and Buildings.
  • --- Map: Landmark. Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 1st edition 1862-1875): Landmark Epoch 1.
  • --- Map: Landmark. Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 2nd Edition, 1897-1900): Landmark Epoch 2.
  • --- Map: Landmark. 1907-1923. Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 3rd Edition, 1907-1923): Landmark Epoch 3.
  • --- Map: Landmark. Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 4th Edition, 1929-1952): Landmark Epoch 4.
  • --- Unpublished document: Hazel Basford. 2004. Kent VAD - the work of voluntary aid detachments in Kent during the first World War.
  • --- Map: Ordinance Survey. 1873. Margate - Kent XXV 8_7.
  • --- Map: Ordinance Survey. 1872. Margate - Kent XXV 7_5.
  • <1> Unpublished document: RCHME. 1993. Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England: Compilation of Kent Hospitals Record Sheets. nbr 101365.
  • <2> Unpublished document: Canterbury Archaeological Trust. 2005. Report on Evaluation Trenching (Phase 1) at the Royal Sea Bathing Hospital, Margate, June 2005.

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  • Non-Intrusive Event: Building survey of the Royal Sea Bathing Hospital Site, Margate (Ref: 101142) (EKE8272)
  • Intrusive Event: Evaluation (phase 1) at the Royal Sea Bathing Hospital, Margate (Ref: RABHM-EV-05) (EKE12656)
  • Non-Intrusive Event: Survey of the Royal Sea-Bathing Hospital and buildings, Canterbury Road, Margate (EKE12112)

Record last edited

Sep 3 2024 10:32AM