Tower Hospital

The following building shall be added:-

ELY CAMBRIDGE ROAD TL 57 NW 4/1000 TOWER HOSPITAL

• II

Workhouse, now a disused hospital. 1837-8 by WJ Donthom. Gault brick in Flemish bond with limestone dressings. Roofs with parapeted gable ends recently re-clad in artificial slates; W. wing and cross-wing clad in asbestos sheets. Brick gable end and lateral stacks. PLAN: E-shaped with large tower over central entrance wing and central rear wing behind. Tudor style. EXTERIOR: Low 2-storey ranges linking 3-storey wings. 1:5:3:5:1 bay east front. Gabled projecting wings to left and right of 3 storeys. Large central tower with embattled octagonal turrets at the comers with tall narrow windows, at the front a very large full height mullion transom window taking up the whole area between the turrets with a doorway at the base and a gable at the top with a clock and a bellcote, and between the turrets on the S side large mullion transom windows. Side elevations of N and S wings have central projecting gabled bays. Chamfered stone mullion transom windows. Central block behind tower has splayed gabled comers with 4-centred arch doorways and long rear (W) wing with cross-wing at the end, the ranges behind (W) have been altered or demolished. INTERIOR: Stone dog-leg staircase in central block with simple wooden balustrade with square newels and stick balusters. It accommodated 340 inmates. SOURCES: Victoria County History p.46. Colvin H, Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600-1840 p.271. Buildings of England p.381.

Listing NGR: TL5330979914