Monument record 0937000000 - Chesham Hospital

Summary

Site of Chesham Cottage hospital, built 1869 and in use as a hospital until 2005.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Map

Type and Period (1)

  • COTTAGE HOSPITAL (Built 1869, 19th Century to 21st Century - 1869 AD to 2005 AD)

Description

Chesham Hospital, formerly Chesham Cottage Hospital (B1).
The Cottage Hospital was built in 1869 (B3).
Buildings report dated March 1992 held at NMR (B2).
Hospital closed in 2005. Main building (derelict) was badly damaged by fire in September 2010 and demolished in 2017.
Desk-based assessment report (B4).

Sources (4)

  • <1>SBC22360 Bibliographic reference: Royal Commision on Historical Monuments. 1998. English Hospitals 1660-1948: A Survey of Their Architecture and Design. p197.
  • <2>SBC22490 Unpublished document: RCHME. 1992. Chesham Hospital (National Buildings Record no. 100287). BF 100287.
  • <3>SBC19475 Bibliographic reference: Hunt J. 1997. Chesham A Pictorial History. Caption to plate 58.
  • <4>SBC26738 Unpublished document: RPS Group. 2023. Land at the Former Chesham Community Hospital Site, Hospital Hill, Waterside, Chesham: Archaeological Desk Based Assessment.

Location

Grid reference SP 96326 01199 (point)
Civil Parish CHESHAM, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire

Finds (0)

Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Event - Interpretation: Desk-based assessment (EBC18588)

Record last edited

Feb 6 2024 3:39PM

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