Trent Hospital (Main Block)

Trent Hospital, originally a workhouse, was built between 1792 and 1793, with a second storey added in 1838-1839 by Boulton and Palmer of Stafford. The building is designed in a Georgian style and has an H-plan layout. It is constructed of brick with plaster and ashlar dressings, topped with a slate M-roof that is hipped at the wings, featuring brick stacks.

The hospital has two storeys and a five-window range with three-storey cross wings. There are platt bands on the wings above the first floor, along with a top modillioned brick frieze and ashlar cornices. The central entrance is framed by a plaster surround and cornice, featuring 20th-century glazed doors, sidelights, and a glazed timber porch. The inner returns of the wings have segmental-headed entrances.

The windows are designed with sills, plaster surrounds, and simple cornices. Most windows have four-pane horned sashes, while the central first-floor window is tripartite with a plaster apron panel and small-paned iron glazing. The wings have similar windows, with the ground floor of the right wing featuring an inserted French window. The first-floor windows have central four-pane horned sashes, and the second floor of the wings includes triple round-headed lights with small-paned glazing. The building has an axial stack and return lateral stacks.

The right return of the building features angle pilasters and a top frieze, with paired round-headed lights, some of which are louvred. The right return also has iron glazing on the second-floor windows. There are 19th-century two-storey wings that project to the front and rear. The rear of the building is similar in design, with windows that have segmental lintels and varied sashes with iron glazing, including a central bow window with 12-pane sashes and a two-window addition at the right end.

The interior has been altered, but some beams are exposed. The original design of Trent Hospital was inspired by the Romford Workhouse built in 1787.