Mint Wing Of St Mary'S Hosptial

TQ 2681 SE CITY OF WESTMINSTER WINSLAND STREET, W2 52/4 (north-west side off) 2.12.86 Mint wing of St Mary's Hospital GV II Multi-storey stable range, now converted to hospital use. 1878 for Great Western Railway with considerable rebuilding including resurfacing of brickwork in 1922 and conversion in 1960s. Yellow brick, ramps partly renewed in concrete. Welsh slate roof. 3 storeys ranged around an irregular courtyard. To outer walls, mainly segment-arched windows to ground and 2nd floors, C20 windows in enlarged openings to 1st floor. Interior of yard: 2 levels of originally open galleries (now glazed) connected by sloping ramps leading to stables of which the original openings mainly survive although converted to hospital use. The stables were constructed to hold approximately 600 horses to serve the main line terminal at Paddington. Included for historical interest and group value with station. London's Industrial Heritage, A Wilson,1970, p 90, illustrated on p 91.

Listing NGR: TQ2670781374