Bexhill Hospital, Holliers Hill - Revision history

AlexM at 00:48, 25 May 2026

2026-05-25T00:48:09Z

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	The hospital was designed by the Bexhill architect JE Maynard (who also designed the Grade II listed Saxons at 58 South Cliff in Collington) advised by the accomplished architectural practice and hospital building design specialists Adams, Holden & Pearson in an elegant neo Georgian style. Its construction was funded by a successful appeal for donations from the people of Bexhill. It was expanded over the years, having a 62 bed capacity by 1939, a three-storey nurses home in the grounds to the south which was completed in 1934 (in the same neo Georgian style) and a flat-roofed outpatients department at the northern end of the site opened in 1938.		The hospital was designed by the Bexhill architect JE Maynard (who also designed the Grade II listed Saxons at 58 South Cliff in Collington) advised by the accomplished architectural practice and hospital building design specialists Adams, Holden & Pearson in an elegant neo Georgian style. Its construction was funded by a successful appeal for donations from the people of Bexhill. It was expanded over the years, having a 62 bed capacity by 1939, a three-storey nurses home in the grounds to the south which was completed in 1934 (in the same neo Georgian style) and a flat-roofed outpatients department at the northern end of the site opened in 1938.

	It has an H-plan - the ends of the wings were originally open verandas for patients to be wheeled out in their beds for fresh air and sunshine. The elevations are of dark red brick with lighter red brick dressings in the Georgian manner, as are the multi-paned sash windows. The hipped red-tile roofs are crowned by tall chimney stacks and at the centre of the composition above the original main entrance is a copper-clad cupola with clock and very fine weathervane.		It has an H-plan - the ends of the wings were originally open verandas for patients to be wheeled out in their beds for fresh air and sunshine. The elevations are of dark red brick with lighter red brick dressings in the Georgian manner, as are the multi-paned sash windows. The hipped red-tile roofs are crowned by tall chimney stacks and at the centre of the composition above the original main entrance is a copper-clad cupola with clock and very fine weathervane. The clock was erected in memory of Charles Anson who was a cousin of King George V. Anson was considered Bexhill hospital’s 'founding father' and his wife ceremonially started the clock in October 1934.

	The nurses home is now the Community Health Centre and is included in the local listing designation.		The nurses home is now the Community Health Centre and is included in the local listing designation.

AlexM: /* Gallery */

2026-05-25T00:46:40Z

Gallery

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	== Gallery ==		== Gallery ==
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	Bexhill Hospital - geograph.org.uk - 1463359.jpg\|In-patients ~~Ward~~		Bexhill Hospital - geograph.org.uk - 1463359.jpg\|In-patients ward
	Clock Tower, Bexhill Hospital.jpg\|Clock tower		Clock Tower, Bexhill Hospital.jpg\|Clock tower
	Community Health Centre, Bexhill Hospital (aerial).jpg\|Community Health Centre		Community Health Centre, Bexhill Hospital (aerial).jpg\|Community Health Centre

AlexM at 22:20, 24 May 2026

2026-05-24T22:20:40Z

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	== Gallery ==		== Gallery ==
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			Bexhill Hospital - geograph.org.uk - 1463359.jpg\|In-patients Ward
	Clock Tower, Bexhill Hospital.jpg\|Clock tower		Clock Tower, Bexhill Hospital.jpg\|Clock tower
	Community Health Centre, Bexhill Hospital (aerial).jpg\|Community Health Centre		Community Health Centre, Bexhill Hospital (aerial).jpg\|Community Health Centre

AlexM at 22:19, 24 May 2026

2026-05-24T22:19:49Z

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	{{Infobox		{{Infobox
	\|image=[[File:Bexhill Hospital ~~- geograph.org.uk - 1463359~~.jpg\|thumb\|class=pageimage]]		\|image=[[File:Bexhill Hospital (aerial).jpg\|thumb\|class=pageimage]]
	\|date=1933-05-13		\|date=1933-05-13
	\|architect=Adams, Holden & Pearson		\|architect=Adams, Holden & Pearson
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	It has an H-plan - the ends of the wings were originally open verandas for patients to be wheeled out in their beds for fresh air and sunshine. The elevations are of dark red brick with lighter red brick dressings in the Georgian manner, as are the multi-paned sash windows. The hipped red-tile roofs are crowned by tall chimney stacks and at the centre of the composition above the original main entrance is a copper-clad cupola with clock and very fine weathervane.		It has an H-plan - the ends of the wings were originally open verandas for patients to be wheeled out in their beds for fresh air and sunshine. The elevations are of dark red brick with lighter red brick dressings in the Georgian manner, as are the multi-paned sash windows. The hipped red-tile roofs are crowned by tall chimney stacks and at the centre of the composition above the original main entrance is a copper-clad cupola with clock and very fine weathervane.

	The nurses home is now the ~~Bexhill~~ Health Centre and is included in the local listing designation.		The nurses home is now the Community Health Centre and is included in the local listing designation.

	== Futher Reading ==		== Futher Reading ==
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	== Gallery ==		== Gallery ==
	<gallery>		<gallery>
	Clock, Bexhill Hospital~~, Holliers Hill~~, Bexhill.jpg\|~~Clock tower~~		Clock Tower, Bexhill Hospital.jpg\|Clock tower
			Community Health Centre, Bexhill Hospital (aerial).jpg\|Community Health Centre
	</gallery>		</gallery>

AlexM at 14:32, 3 June 2025

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	{{Infobox\|[[File:Bexhill Hospital - geograph.org.uk - 1463359.jpg\|thumb\|class=pageimage]]\|1933-05-13\|Adams, Holden & Pearson\|unknown\|w398362708\|50.85069\|0.47548}}		{{Infobox
			\|image=[[File:Bexhill Hospital - geograph.org.uk - 1463359.jpg\|thumb\|class=pageimage]]
			\|date=1933-05-13
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			\|builder=unknown
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	This cottage hospital was opened in 1933 by Princess Helena Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein, a cousin of King George V, in the presence of the Borough Mayor, the Earl de la Warr.		This cottage hospital was opened in 1933 by Princess Helena Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein, a cousin of King George V, in the presence of the Borough Mayor, the Earl de la Warr.
	The hospital was designed by the Bexhill architect JE Maynard (who also designed the Grade II listed Saxons at 58 South Cliff in Collington) advised by the accomplished architectural practice and hospital building design specialists Adams, Holden & Pearson in an elegant neo Georgian style. Its construction was funded by a successful appeal for donations from the people of Bexhill. It was expanded over the years, having a 62 bed capacity by 1939, a three-storey nurses home in the grounds to the south which was completed in 1934 (in the same neo Georgian style) and a flat-roofed outpatients department at the northern end of the site opened in 1938.		The hospital was designed by the Bexhill architect JE Maynard (who also designed the Grade II listed Saxons at 58 South Cliff in Collington) advised by the accomplished architectural practice and hospital building design specialists Adams, Holden & Pearson in an elegant neo Georgian style. Its construction was funded by a successful appeal for donations from the people of Bexhill. It was expanded over the years, having a 62 bed capacity by 1939, a three-storey nurses home in the grounds to the south which was completed in 1934 (in the same neo Georgian style) and a flat-roofed outpatients department at the northern end of the site opened in 1938.

AlexM at 20:16, 31 May 2025

2025-05-31T20:16:41Z

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	{{Infobox\|[[File:Bexhill Hospital - geograph.org.uk - 1463359.jpg\|thumb\|class=pageimage]]\|1933\|Adams, Holden & Pearson\|unknown\|w398362708\|50.85069\|0.47548}}		{{Infobox\|[[File:Bexhill Hospital - geograph.org.uk - 1463359.jpg\|thumb\|class=pageimage]]\|1933-05-13\|Adams, Holden & Pearson\|unknown\|w398362708\|50.85069\|0.47548}}

	This cottage hospital was opened in 1933 by Princess Helena Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein, a cousin of King George V, in the presence of the Borough Mayor, the Earl de la Warr.		This cottage hospital was opened in 1933 by Princess Helena Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein, a cousin of King George V, in the presence of the Borough Mayor, the Earl de la Warr.

AlexM at 01:48, 30 May 2025

2025-05-30T01:48:29Z

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	The nurses home is now the Bexhill Health Centre and is included in the local listing designation.		The nurses home is now the Bexhill Health Centre and is included in the local listing designation.

			== Futher Reading ==
			[https://archive.org/details/bexhill-hospital-50-years-of-caring Bexhill Hospital: 50 Years of Caring 1933-1983 (booklet)]

			== Gallery ==
	<gallery>		<gallery>
	Clock, Bexhill Hospital, Holliers Hill, Bexhill.jpg\|Clock tower		Clock, Bexhill Hospital, Holliers Hill, Bexhill.jpg\|Clock tower
	</gallery>		</gallery>

	~~== Futher Reading ==~~
	~~[https://archive.org/details/bexhill-hospital-50-years-of-caring Bexhill Hospital: 50 Years of Caring 1933-1983 (booklet)]~~

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EdmundB: added more info

2025-05-29T22:18:08Z

added more info

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	{{Infobox\|[[File:Bexhill Hospital - geograph.org.uk - 1463359.jpg\|thumb\|class=pageimage]]\|1933\|Adams, Holden & Pearson\|unknown\|w398362708\|50.85069\|0.47548}}		{{Infobox\|[[File:Bexhill Hospital - geograph.org.uk - 1463359.jpg\|thumb\|class=pageimage]]\|1933\|Adams, Holden & Pearson\|unknown\|w398362708\|50.85069\|0.47548}}

	This cottage hospital was opened in 1933 by Princess Helena Victoria in the presence of the Borough Mayor, the Earl de la Warr.		This cottage hospital was opened in 1933 by Princess Helena Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein, a cousin of King George V, in the presence of the Borough Mayor, the Earl de la Warr.
	The hospital was designed by the accomplished architectural practice and hospital building design specialists Adams, Holden & Pearson in an elegant ~~now~~ Georgian style.		The hospital was designed by the Bexhill architect JE Maynard (who also designed the Grade II listed Saxons at 58 South Cliff in Collington) advised by the accomplished architectural practice and hospital building design specialists Adams, Holden & Pearson in an elegant neo Georgian style. Its construction was funded by a successful appeal for donations from the people of Bexhill. It was expanded over the years, having a 62 bed capacity by 1939, a three-storey nurses home in the grounds to the south which was completed in 1934 (in the same neo Georgian style) and a flat-roofed outpatients department at the northern end of the site opened in 1938.

	It has an H-plan – the ends of the wings were originally open ~~balconies~~ for patients to be wheeled out in their beds for fresh air and sunshine.		It has an H-plan - the ends of the wings were originally open verandas for patients to be wheeled out in their beds for fresh air and sunshine. The elevations are of dark red brick with lighter red brick dressings in the Georgian manner, as are the multi-paned sash windows. The hipped red-tile roofs are crowned by tall chimney stacks and at the centre of the composition above the original main entrance is a copper-clad cupola with clock and very fine weathervane.

			The nurses home is now the Bexhill Health Centre and is included in the local listing designation.

	<gallery>		<gallery>

AlexM at 16:14, 18 March 2025

2025-03-18T16:14:30Z

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{{Infobox|[[File:Bexhill Hospital - geograph.org.uk - 1463359.jpg|thumb|class=pageimage]]|1933|Adams, Holden & Pearson|unknown|w398362708|50.85069|0.47548}}

This cottage hospital was opened in 1933 by Princess Helena Victoria in the presence of the Borough Mayor, the Earl de la Warr.
The hospital was designed by the accomplished architectural practice and hospital building design specialists Adams, Holden & Pearson in an elegant now Georgian style.

It has an H-plan – the ends of the wings were originally open balconies for patients to be wheeled out in their beds for fresh air and sunshine.

<gallery>
Clock, Bexhill Hospital, Holliers Hill, Bexhill.jpg|Clock tower
</gallery>

== Futher Reading ==
[https://archive.org/details/bexhill-hospital-50-years-of-caring Bexhill Hospital: 50 Years of Caring 1933-1983 (booklet)]

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[[Category:Old Town & Worsham Ward]]