Hospital And Area Railing To Former Hillsborougfh Barracks

The building is a barrack hospital, now converted into flats, along with an attached area railing. It was constructed between 1848 and 1854, with early 20th-century additions. The building was used as industrial workshops in the mid-20th century and was converted into flats in 1990. It is made of coursed squared stone with ashlar dressings and has hipped slate roofs.

The exterior features a plinth, a first-floor band, half-round eaves, and coped parapets. It has two storeys plus a basement and a total of 16 windows. The windows are glazing bar sashes. The recessed center has two windows on each floor, while slightly projecting blocks on either side contain five windows. Below the center, there are central pointed arched double doors with steps, keystones, and fanlights, flanked by two windows. The left block has had the two windows to the left of the door replaced by a mid-20th-century sliding garage door. The outer bays each have two windows on both floors. The basement features 9-pane sashes divided by cross walls. At the rear, there are two three-storey projections flanked by external stairs, linked by a cast-iron gallery and verandah with early 20th-century additions. A trefoil-pierced crest connects the tops of the cast-iron posts.

Outside, there is a cast-iron spearhead area railing. The history of Hillsborough Barracks reflects concerns over civil unrest, and it was designed according to reformed ideas before the Crimean War. It is one of the first barracks to adopt a historicist, castellated style similar to that of the Tower of London, built in 1845. Despite its conversion, much of the original site remains, including officers' quarters, barracks, stables, a riding school, a magazine, and a guard house.