An award-winning building which formed part of a mental health retreat has been torn down after ten years due to “vandalism and inactivity”. The hand-painted timber structure was set in a secluded, wooded area of Dartford’s Central Park known as ‘Ecology Island’. For those struggling with their mental health it included community arts studio, bird-watching hide and park shelter all rolled into one. Also included was an outdoor classroom and storage space at ground level with an enclosed room upstairs offering views of the River Darent and surrounding greenery. But the wooden hut, which formed …
