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|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>