The Work House Chapel
Another visit to Tunbridge Wells Hospital today to treat an ear infection. I have blipped this brand new hospital before. This church was next to one of the car parks. How come it was there? I wondered.
The new hospital stands on the site of an old hospital which used to be a work house. This chapel was built for the work house in 1863. You can see two doors - one for the male paupers and one for the female paupers. Inside it is apparently a particulary elaborate example of a, now rare still standing, purpose built work house chapel. I am very disappointed to find it is only open on National Heritage Open Days, so difficult to visit and it would be a perfect place for friends and relatives to pray for the sick in the Hospital.
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