Highland Court Hospital

Highland Court Hospital, originally named Higham Court, comprises an 18th-century core to which a substantial Edwardian Palladian-style L-shaped building was added. The main front, of two storeys, is constructed in ashlar with a slate roof. A four-column portico, featuring fluted Corinthian columns on tall bases rising through two storeys and supporting a pediment with ornamental scrollwork, dominates the centre, approached by a flight of seven steps. A balcony sits behind the first-floor windows within the portico. Rusticated pilasters flank the sections on either side of the portico, with additional pilasters and half-columns defining the window bays. Panels of imitation balustrading are positioned between the bases of the half columns. The building features a modillion cornice and a balustraded parapet with small pediments at the ends. Casement windows are set within moulded surrounds on the first floor, while French windows are found on the ground floor, also within similar surrounds, with architraves and pediments above, those in the end window bays and behind the portico being particularly prominent. The window bays are fitted with hung sashes and glazing bars.

The garden front displays the original 18th-century building, faced with cement, and incorporates an attic and basement. The mansard slate roof is punctuated by five dormers, topped by a cornice and parapet. Seven windows, plus two window spaces, are framed by moulded surrounds and architraves above the first-floor windows. A full-height bay extends outwards. A loggia, supported by seven Doric columns and encompassing four round-headed rusticated arches leading to garden steps, was added in the early 20th century, with a cornice and solid parapet above.

A three-window service wing is situated to the south-east. The north-west and south-east fronts each feature three windows, flanked by rusticated pilasters. A curved three-window bay, with a balustraded parapet, sits on the ground floor of the north-west front. This front also incorporates a loggia of eight twin Corinthian columns, behind which is a curved three-window bay. A ground-floor projection with a single window flanked by twin pilasters on three elevations, curved walls between the windows, and a balustraded parapet completes the design.