Hereford General Hospital (Central Block)

HEREFORD

SO5139SW 683-1/1/217 22/10/73

NELSON STREET (South side) Hereford General Hospital (Central Block)

GV II

Hospital. c1776. Brick; hipped Welsh slate roof with gable to front; 3 brick ridge stacks (reduced). 3 bay plan, the central bay advanced under pediment, with 2 wings. 3 storeys; 9-window range: C20, 6/6 sashes under gauged brick flat arches; 3/3 sashes; moulded and modillioned eaves, continuing as cornice to pediment, which has tripartite light with 3/3 sash under semicircular gauged brick arch. Central entrance: half-glazed, 2-panel door and ornamental fanlight, recessed under painted open pediment stone hood on scrolled consoles and plain pilasters; ornate C19 porch with stone dressings; flanked by 6/3 sashes under gauged brick flat arches; stucco storeyband. Insurance mark. 2-storey wings with three 6/6 sashes, and 6/3 sashes over; left-hand wing raised C20, but retains eaves detail. Rear: 5-window range with advanced wings to sides; 6/6 sashes, with 3/3 sashes over; 6/3 sashes and stained-glass lights to ground floor; gauged brick flat arches; storeyband; moulded and modillioned wood eaves; 4 roof-dormers with 3/3 sashes. INTERIOR: wrought-iron dogleg staircase with stick balusters; secondary open-well, late C19 staircase with stick balusters. Attic: winder stair; 6- and 4-panel, and plank doors. 2nd floor: cast-iron Doric pillars; wall cupboard. 1st floor: cast-iron Doric pillars. Ground floor: overlight; panelled doors; polychrome tile floor, as to chapel; some decorative plasterwork; stained-glass windows to chapel.

Listing NGR: SO5136439370