The former Saint Andrews Hospital Chapel

The former Saint Andrews Hospital Chapel was built between 1856 and 1859, designed by John Brown, the county surveyor. A nave was added in 1877, likely by THB Heslop, also the county surveyor. It is constructed of yellow brick with ashlar and brick dressings, and has a hipped slate roof with a hipped octagonal ventilator. The style is Classical Revival.

The chapel consists of an octagonal main body with a porch and vestry to the east, and an organ chamber and tower to the north. A rectangular nave is attached to the west, with a further vestry at its western end. The exterior features round arched windows with panels beneath. The east side’s tripartite window has a taller central light; below it is a lean-to porch with sash windows, reached via an external corridor. A pedimented bay to the south contains similar windows, and below, two arched doors and a basement window. The north side has an organ chamber with tall arched windows to the east and west. A three-stage square tower rises above, with the base rusticated. The middle stage includes round windows, some blank. A bell stage has arched openings under shallow pediments and a bracketed cornice. The remaining bays feature windows with three lights and tile-panelled friezes. There are three basement windows in the southeast bay. The nave has three bays defined by pilasters, a sill band, and a bracketed eaves cornice. Each side features three three-light windows. The west end has a pediment containing a round window, topped with a finial and cross. The west-end vestry is single-storey with a flat roof behind a coped parapet; it has a projecting centre with a large glazing bar window flanked by smaller windows, all with flat heads.

The interior is rendered. The main body has a hipped, matchboard ceiling with a central octagonal boss. A triple-gabled wooden reredos, dating to the 20th century, is on the east side, flanked by doors. A blocked round arched arcade, three bays, leads to the organ chamber on the north side. There are chamfered square columns and keystones. A roundel with a keystone and foliage spray is positioned above the central light. A moulded round arch with a keystone is to the west. The remaining sides have three-light windows, some with plain glass. The nave has a ramped floor, an ornamented cross-beam ceiling, and a frieze with roundels. Bays are separated by panelled pilasters with cornices. A central six-panel door is at the west end.

Original benches with panelled ends are found in the main body, with replica benches in the nave. Also present is an original altar rail, along with two 19th-century radiators in elaborate cast iron foliage cases.

The basement contains former mortuary rooms, and a half-tiled post-mortem room with a glazed ceramic dissection table on pedestals.