A morgue house and church have hit the market for almost £1 million as part of the final stage of the long-awaited refurbishment of the former hospital.
The Grade II listed 1882 chapel and mortuary at Margate’s Royal Seabathing Hospital is up for sale for £900,000. pounds.
The chapel at the Royal Maritime Hospital in Margate is located in the market square. Photo: Rightmove
The chapel has been empty for 25 years and is the last undeveloped part of the hospital, founded in 1791 under the patronage of George III.
Next to it is a former mortuary, which already has permission to turn into a house.
A planning application for the church redevelopment is awaiting a decision from Thanet District Council.
Estate agents Moore and Partners said the building was the “crown jewel” of the wider development.
The listing states: “The area surrounding the application site is predominantly residential in nature, with the entire adjacent Maritime Hospital currently converted to residential use and a number of new apartment blocks and houses built over the last five to ten years. years.
The interior of the chapel of the Royal Naval Hospital in Margate. Photo: Rightmove
“The former chapel and mortuary are the last part of a wider facility to be rebuilt and will complete the revitalization of the area.
“The larger facility offers a high quality and attractive level of accommodation sought by both local and non-local residents.
“The former chapel reconstruction is seen as the ‘crown jewel’ of the wider facility.”
If it is developed, four two-person apartments and two three-person apartments will become a place of worship.
The Royal Naval Hospital was founded in 1791 in London to treat the poor suffering from scrofula, an infection of the lymph nodes
The chapel at the Royal Naval Hospital in Margate dates from 1882. Photo: Rightmove 
What the mortuary at the Royal Seabathing Hospital in Margate could look like once development work is complete. Photo: Rightmove
Between 1793 and 1796, Margate Hospital was built, where the emphasis was on sea bathing.
Better living conditions, prevention and more modern treatment methods meant that the hospital stopped treating patients in the early 1950s.
Development began in 2004.
The complex’s offer includes both luxurious and cheaper apartments in rebuilt buildings and new blocks of flats.
