Freeman Hospital is a Grade II listed building in the Sheffield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 April 1972. Almshouses, offices.

Freeman Hospital

WRENN ID: worn-hinge-stoat
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: Sheffield
Country: England
Date first listed: 19 April 1972
Type: Almshouses, offices
Source: Historic England listing

Description

SK39NE ECCLESFIELD BURNCROSS ROAD (north side), Chapeltown

6/132 Freeman Hospital (formerly listed as Read- 19/4/72 ing Room and Almhouses, Under Green Head Lane) II

Almhouses, now offices. Dated 1837. Coursed, squared, sandstone, slate roof. Symmetrical, central block flanked by 3-room wings in single-elongated range. Single storey. Central 3-bay block breaking forward with C20 part-glazed door in pointed arch moulded stone surround, flanked by C20 casements in similar surrounds. Band over inscribed READING ROOM. Central plaque above bearing date and coat of arms, surmounted by small pointed light. Embattled parapet. Wings: 3 rooms wide, each room with C20 part-glazed door (now fixed) and 2-light mullion window, all with chamfered ashlar surrounds. Plain eaves, end and ridge stacks to each wing.

Listing NGR: SK3518996297

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