MOOR HOSPITAL, BLOCKS 40,41,42,44 AND 46

LANCASTER

SD46SE QUERNMORE ROAD 1685-1/1/254 (South side (off)) 24/01/94 Moor Hospital, Blocks 40, 41, 42, 44 and 46 (Formerly Listed as: QUERNMOOR ROAD Moor Hospital, Blocks 40, 41, 42, 44 and 46)

GV II*

County lunatic asylum, now the nucleus of the 'Old Side' of the Moor Hospital. 1816. By Thomas Standen, and extended in stages until c1850. Sandstone ashlar with hipped slate roofs under relatively recent asbestos sheeting. In plan the original U-shaped block of 1816 has a 5-bay centre facing north with 5-bay wings to each side and 18-bay rear wings projecting south from them; projecting at right angles from the southern ends of the rear wings are 11-bay wings of c1840, while two 11-bay wings (dating from c1850) project northwards from the original facade. Only these parts are of special interest. The main facade has a slightly projecting centre of 2 storeys and an attic above a basement with a 4-column Tuscan Doric portico bearing in its pediment a panel inscribed with the date 'MDCCCXVI'; it has an eaves cornice, a hipped roof, and 2 chimney stacks, each of 16 flues. The basement and ground floor have chamfered rustication topped by a pulvinated frieze which forms a sill band to the second floor windows. The triglyph frieze of the pediment continues as a plain deep band across the outer bays. The openings in the ground floor have semicircular heads, though the slightly recessed windows have flat lintels while the door has a fanlight. All the other windows have plain reveals and are sashed with glazing bars (12 and 6 panes). The 5-bay side wings have only 2 storeys, with a plain band between them, and windows with plain reveals. On each side the fourth bay from the centre (which lights the long corridor of the rear wings) has a tripartite window on each floor. All these windows have recent joinery. The wings projecting northwards to left and right have 2 storeys and are of 11 bays with a 3-bay projection in the centre and a 4-bay projection at the outer end. Their northern facades are each of 5 bays. The right-hand facade (Block 40) has altered joinery, blocked window openings to the outer bays, and a central doorway with flanking pilasters and lights. The left-hand facade retains glazing bar sashes. The tripartite central window on the first floor has pilasters as mullions and has blind outer lights. The central doorway has an architrave, flanking lights, pilasters, and a triglyph frieze. A Tuscan porch breaks forwards in front of the door and has a blocking course above the cornice.

Listing NGR: SD4922861473