Great Culverden Park
Great Culverden Park is a woodland. It is about a half of a mile from the center of Tunbridge Wells in Kent, England. It is surrounded by houses. A person can not reach the area from a public place.
The Park used to be the grounds of the Culverden House. It was designed by Decimus Burton for Jacob Jeddere Fisher in 1830. Rear Admiral Charles Davis Lucas, VC used to live in the Culverden House. He died there in 1914. [1]
The house was destroyed. The Kent & Sussex Hospital was put where the house was. The hospital was destroyed in 2014. A housing development was put there. This housing development was completed in 2018.[2][3][4]
References
- ↑ Victoria Cross Society. "The First VC". Victoria Cross Society. Archived from the original on 19 September 2003. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
- ↑ "Wells Free School". Wells Free School. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
- ↑ Park, Royal Wells. "Royal Wells Park". Berkeley Homes. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
- ↑ Courier. "Grand Old Hospital Set for Final Bow". This is Kent. Kent and Sussex Courier. Archived from the original on 5 May 2013. Retrieved 23 January 2015.