Tilbury Cottage Hospital (EHER 15638)

Cottage Hospital erected for the poor of Tilbury and Grays by John Passmore Edwards.

Original HER entry merged with NRHE data import. The Tilbury Cottage Hospital was erected for the poor of Tilbury and Grays by John Passmore Edwards. The small single-storey cottage, providing eight beds was built by a local building contractor, J. Brown to plans prepared by architect Rowland Plumbe. Sited just outside the lower entrance to Tilbury Docks, the hospital was completed in 1896, whereupon, it was presented by the committee of the London and India Docks. In 1901 the hospital was enlarged on its southern side with the addition of three further wards accommodating 12 beds. A more extensive enlargement occurred in 1925 when a new kitchen, operating theatre, boiler house and new male/female ward blocks, all built to designs by Collcutt and Hamp, were added at a cost of £35,000. The hospital also included an x-ray block designed by J.G. Oatley, an out-patients department, nurses accommodation and a ward utilising a First World War hut, known as the Singhania India Ward. By 1937 the hospital had been enlarged again and contained bedded accommodation for up to 92 patients. The hospital was demolished by 1992 when the RCHME visited the site. <1> <2>