Moorlands Hospital

LEEK

SJ95NE ASHBOURNE ROAD 611-1/1/15 (East side) 07/06/72 Moorlands Hospital (Formerly Listed as: ASHBOURNE ROAD Moorlands Hospital (Former Workhouse))

GV II

Workhouse, now hospital. 1838. By Bateman and Drury. Red brick with slate roof. EXTERIOR: main block facing street a 3-storeyed, 10- window range (2-1-3-1-2). Rear ranges arranged on panopticon principal, with 3-storeyed axial wing to rear of frontage linked to octagonal storeyed block from which 3 further cruciform wings formerly ran. Pediment over 3 central bays with date in apex. Central entrance in porch with coupled Doric columns. Windows (renewed in original openings to first floor) with flat-arched stone heads with moulded keystones. Moulded stone cornice and blocking course. Single storey 3-window pavilions with central pediment each side of main range. Central rear wing 3-storeyed, 6-window range (originally sash windows of 9 and 12 lights, some now renewed), linking to octagonal tower. One radial wing parallel to frontage block survives (the other demolished c1990): 2-storeyed, 8-window range, 12-pane sashes with stone cills and flat-arched brick heads. Lower rear wing beyond tower now (and perhaps originally) the kitchens. INTERIOR: layout still retains some of the original plan, and the stone staircases with cast-iron rails survive in frontage block and rear wings.

Listing NGR: SJ9942956155