Smallpox Isolation Hospital

The Smallpox Isolation Hospital, also known as the Fever Hospital or the Hospital for Infectious Diseases, was built in 1879 to house eight patients.   There were three buildings; a two-storey nurses' home, the single-storey ward and the mortuary.

After closing as an isolation hospital (date unknown) the premises might have used as a convalescent home before it was rented out for accommodation in 1923.

From 1941 the former nurses' home was rented by the Ministry of Food.  It was a local distribution point e.g. for bottles of children's orange juice.  That closed in 1975.

Local memories recall one of the buildings being used as an office for the payment of rates (council tax).  Dates are not known.

The ward became the location of the library from 1956 until 1986.  The mortuary was used as a Council storeroom and toilet for the library staff.

The buildings were demolished in October 1987 and flats named Clovelly Court were built on the site.