The Warneford Hospital: Mortuary

The Warneford Hospital Mortuary is an asylum mortuary built in 1891 by Moore of Oxford, likely H. Wilkinson Moore. It is constructed of limestone ashlar and features a Welsh slate roof with moulded stone coping on the gabled ends. The building has a small rectangular plan with the main entrance located at the southeast end and an additional doorway on the southwest side.

Designed in a late Victorian free Gothic style, the exterior showcases a gabled front with octagonal corner turrets that rise from weathered bases and are topped with lantern-like finials. The entrance is marked by a broad moulded two-centred arch flanked by traceried panels, leading to later double doors. Above the doorway is a window with three four-centred arch cusped lights and a cill adorned with carved leaf stops. The gable apex features flowing tracery and is topped with a stone Celtic cross. At the northwest end, the gable includes a weathered stack with an octagonal shaft. The building also has a moulded plinth and eaves cornice with carved leaf stops, while the southwest side features a doorway with a moulded shouldered architrave. The interior has not been inspected.