Central Block At Hollis Hospital

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SK38SW ECCLESALL ROAD SOUTH 784-1/9/296 (South East side) Central block at Hollis Hospital

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Central block at Hollis Hospital, now old people's home. 1903. By Howard C Clarke. Red brick, with coursed squared stone plinth, rendered panels and sham timber framing with rendered nogging. Hipped and gabled plain tile roofs with 4 brick ridge stacks with multiple corbelled lozenge-shaped flues. Vernacular Revival style. 2 storeys plus attics; 4 window range. Square plan. Windows are mainly plain sashes. Central bay has a timber-framed gable with a single small casement. On the first floor, a recessed inscribed panel flanked by segment-headed 2-light windows. Below, a half-glazed double door with fanlight, flanked by canted wooden bay windows, all under a hipped tiled canopy. Outside, stone steps with turned wooden balustrade. Beyond, on either side, a 2 storey square bay window with a timber-framed gable and a 3-light mullioned window on each floor. Each return has a central projecting gabled bay. INTERIOR not inspected. The hospital was established by Thomas Hollis in 1703.

Listing NGR: SK3129282666