Jane Walker Hospital

Jane Walker Hospital, now a psychiatric hospital, was built circa 1898-1900 by Smith and Brewer, with Dr Jane Walker serving as medical superintendent for the East Anglian Sanatorium Company. The building is constructed of roughcast brick with hipped and gable-ended plain tile roofs and deep eaves. Rendered brick axial and gable end stacks have tapered pots. The plan follows a butterfly layout facing southeast, with wards at the front and axial passages behind in the wings. Originally, the centre of the front was open with a staircase located behind; the main entrance is in the gable end of the west wing. The central rear wing contains the entrance and offices, with a kitchen wing to the right and a hall to the left, to which the chapel is attached (listed separately).

The building displays a Late Victorian Free Style. It is two storeys and an attic. The long southeast front features 1:6:1:3:1:6:1 bays. The central three bays are defined by giant polygonal piers, originally open on the ground floor. Wings are set at an obtuse angle, with canted end bays and six windows between, divided by giant pilasters and paved eaves brackets. Small gables and balconies are above the end bays. Wide flat roof dormers are present, with a central dormer featuring a segmental pediment, a round light, and a cupola with a broken cornice over paired columns and a small angular dome with a large weathervane. The west gable end has a tall entrance with battered buttresses and a large segmental headed overlight; the east end features a broad, lozenge-shaped stack off-centre with a doorway and oriel in an arched recess. Deep eaves and flat roof dormers are found at the rear. All windows are casement windows with glazing bars. The hall has weatherboarded gables that are jettied out on brackets, battered buttresses, and a large semi-circular window in the gable over the entrance.

Inside, the hall has plastered, polygonal barrel vaulting. A double-return main staircase extends over two floors, showcasing short, octagonal tapered columns and thick stick balusters.