Leybourne Grange

The hospital was built as a colony for mental defective persons by Kent county council utilising an existing estate and the manor house in 1936 it housed up to 1200 patients in different ‘sections’ Male, Female and Juveniles, the complex used the old Manor house as an Administration building, the ornate clock tower appeared to be used for maintenance, there was also a main hall that doubled as a church on Sundays, a hospital wing, a hairdressers and a later addition was a swimming pool.

Leybourne Grange wound down due to Care in the Community and closed in 1996, it lay dormant until English partnerships (later HCA) sold the buildings and land of to developers, now the 94 hectare site is home to Leybourne Chase housing development – with only the Manor House, Clock tower and a few outbuildings to be retained in a sea of new housing