Sundridge Hospital

Sundridge Hospital is a workhouse, dating to circa 1838, later altered in the 19th century and with minor 20th-century additions. It is constructed of coursed rubble stone with brick dressings; the main front is rendered. The roofs are covered with 20th-century concrete tiles. The building is three storeys high. The main front has nineteen windows, with a projecting three-window central section topped with a pediment. Flanking this are six-window wings, and slightly projecting two-window pavilions at either end. Rusticated quoins are present, alongside first and second-floor bands. The central section features an inserted doorway to the left, plus two tall glazing bar sashes, three glazing bar casements above, and three smaller casements above again. Each wing has two inserted doorways and four casements, above six casements and six smaller casements. The pavilions each have two windows to each floor. Remaining facades are of coursed rubble stone with brick surrounds linked vertically and horizontally. The pavilions have four windows to their side elevations, with the right-hand elevation obscured by a 20th-century lift shaft. The central block has two windows and single window chamfered corners, linking two-storey wings with seven windows. This block features a two-storey projecting chapel wing with six large round-headed windows on the upper floor. To the left is a single-storey mortuary, three windows by two windows, with a hipped roof and gabled clerestory, beyond which is a linking boiler house wing. Flanking stone walls enclose former exercise yards on either side, with a central wall and a 20th-century glazed corridor linking to the rear infirmary range. The infirmary range comprises three wings linked by brick staircase links. The central five-window section was raised to three storeys in the 20th century, alongside a four-window wing to the left and a five-window wing to the right. A central square isolation block stands beyond, now linked to the central section. Built shortly after the 1834 Act, this workhouse is one of the earliest examples to survive in its recognisable form. It is the only known example to retain its original infirmary wing.