Shipley Veterinary Surgery

GREAT YARMOUTH

TG5207SW STEAM MILL LANE 839-1/15/186 (North East side) Shipleys Veterinary Surgery

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Veterinary surgery. Purpose built c1890. Red brick. Roofs of slate and glass (south-east pile), concrete tiles (north-west pile). Plan in form of 2 gabled ranges parallel to each other. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys; 4-window range in all. South-east range with a wide central arched entrance with rusticated quoins and a keyblock. Arch with the words: `veterinary infirmary'. To right and left are further rustications to corners. Between the rustications are one small metal window with an oculus each side. First floor with 2 similar windows and a central roundel. Ground-floor corner rustications rise as pilasters to an open pediment. Gabled roof with a glazed ridge. Plain south return except for a range of upper 2-light segmental casements. North-west range with 2 arched metal casements to each floor, those to the left partly blocked. Hay-loft loading door to first floor between the windows. Gabled roof. INTERIOR: right and left of entrance are arched doorways fitted with half-glazed doors. Second main arch gives into interior which is in form of an open enclosed courtyard with mid and late C20 lean-to's constructed within. North wall with an arched opening and a basket-arched opening both leading to animal stalls and operating theatres in north range. Between them are 2 conventional loose boxes with doors. Over the round arch is a loading platform to hay-loft. Dentil platband and a saw-toothed eaves cornice. Six 2-light casements to upper floor. Roof of tensioned cast-iron trusses.

Listing NGR: TG5208907483