Monument record MDO39279 - St Leonards Hospital, St Leonards and St Ives

Former 104th US General Hospital, built in 1942. Numerous buildings with associated sewerage works and slit trenching were visible as earthworks and structures on aerial photographs taken in 1945. Most of the buildings have since been demolished and replaced by modern structures. The features were digitally plotted during the Dorset Stour NMP.

Former 104th US General Hospital, built in 1942. It comprised two spider blocks and many detached single-storey buildings. <1>

Former 104th US General Hospial, built in 1942. Numerous buildings with associated sewerage works and slit trenching were visible as earthworks and structures on aerial photographs taken in 1945 <2>. Most of the buildings have since been demolished and replaced by modern structures. Demolishion occurred sometime between 2000 and 2005 <3-6>. The southern portion of the site now lies under modern plantation of Hurn Forest <7>. The features were digitally plotted during the Dorset Stour NMP.

<1> Historic England, Historic England Archive, BF100468 (Index). SDO14738.

ST LEONARDS HOSPITAL, ST LEONARDS AND ST IVES. Miniature Format Film Number: 190/F,190/G

<2> Royal Air Force, 20-MAR-1945, RAF 106G/LA187 RS 4054-5 (Aerial Photograph). SDO15267.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 14-JUN-1981, OS/81016 V 226-7 (Aerial Photograph). SDO15268.

<4> Ordnance Survey, 03-AUG-1988, OS/88206 V 360-1 (Aerial Photograph). SDO15269.

<5> Ordnance Survey, 08-APR-2000, OS/00942 V RUN 0008 2699-2700 (Aerial Photograph). SDO15270.

<6> GetMapping, 2005, Digital vertical aerial photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDO12563.

<7> Royal Air Force, 07-OCT-1954, RAF 58/1593 F22 0034-7 (Aerial Photograph). SDO15260.

<8> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1057904 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Nov 6 2023 4:19PM