Centenary House

SHEFFIELD

SK3488SW ALBERT TERRACE ROAD 784-1/13/13 (South East side) Centenary House

GV II

Nurses' home, now offices. Dated 1897, restored and converted 1990. Coursed squared stone with ashlar dressings and slate mansard roofs. 9 coped ridge stacks. EXTERIOR: plinth, rusticated quoins, first floor cornice, moulded wooden eaves cornice and pediments. 3 storeys plus basement and attics; 16 window range. E-plan. Windows are mainly plain sashes. Projecting central block, 8 windows, has balustrade, and projecting entrance bay with ashlar pediment containing enriched datestone. On either side 3 sashes, the upper ones smaller. Attic has 5 box dormers. Ground floor has on either side 2 sashes, and basement has 2 smaller sashes. Entrance bay has 2 sashes on the upper floors and below, a Doric portico with entablature and moulded blocking course, with a flight of steps with coped balustrade walls. Under the portico, a half-glazed door with fanlight and sidelights. Set back side bays have 2 windows on each floor and 2 box dormers. Pedimented wings have full height stone bow windows with lead half-domes and 2 windows on each floor. Third floor windows have ornamented aprons. INTERIOR not inspected. Formerly an ancillary building to the nearby Royal Infirmary, Infirmary Road, (qv).

Listing NGR: SK3437288226