Central Block At Hollis Hospital

The central block at Hollis Hospital, now an old people's home, was built in 1903 by Howard C Clarke. It features red brick construction with a coursed squared stone plinth, rendered panels, and sham timber framing with rendered nogging. The building has hipped and gabled plain tile roofs, supported by four brick ridge stacks with multiple corbelled lozenge-shaped flues, and is designed in the Vernacular Revival style.

The structure is two storeys tall, plus attics, and has a square plan with a four-window range. Most windows are plain sashes, while the central bay showcases a timber-framed gable with a single small casement. On the first floor, there is a recessed inscribed panel flanked by segment-headed two-light windows. Below this, a half-glazed double door with a fanlight is flanked by canted wooden bay windows, all sheltered by a hipped tiled canopy. Stone steps with a turned wooden balustrade lead up to the entrance. On either side of the entrance, there are two-storey square bay windows with timber-framed gables and three-light mullioned windows on each floor. Each return features a central projecting gabled bay. The interior has not been inspected. The hospital was originally established by Thomas Hollis in 1703.