Monument record TQ 77 SW 1047 - Great Hermitage First World War Voluntary Aid Detachment Hospital, Hermitage Road, Higham

Summary

First World War Voluntary Aid Detachment Hospital adapted from the Great Hermitage, a large old building in Hermitage Road, at Higham. Starting and finishing dates are not known. The house was demolished in 1938.

Location

Grid reference TQ 7213 7152 (point) Centred
Map sheet TQ77SW
County KENT
District GRAVESHAM, KENT
Civil Parish HIGHAM, GRAVESHAM, KENT

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Full Description

First World War Voluntary Aid Detachment hospital adapted from the Great Hermitage, a large old building in Hermitage Road, Higham. This was overspill accommodation manned by auxiliary nurses and doctors for patients from the services. No other details, such as starting or finishing dates or the nature of the adaptataion of the building, are known. The house was demolished after a fire in 1938.
Owner : Private
Publicly accessible : No
How accessed for survey : The building no longer exists but its site is occupied by a replacement building added in 1949
Tourism Potential : None
Condition : Destroyed
Date of visit : 23/01/06


FA Mansfield, 01/01/81, History of Gravesend, p. 159 (Bibliographic reference). SKE13872.

FA Mansfield, 01/01/81, History of Gravesend, p. 159 (Bibliographic reference). Ske13872.

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  • --- Bibliographic reference: FA Mansfield. 01/01/81. History of Gravesend, p. 159.
  • --- Bibliographic reference: FA Mansfield. 01/01/81. History of Gravesend, p. 159.

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Record last edited

Jun 21 2013 10:08AM