Bristol Homeopathic Hospital

The Bristol Homeopathic Hospital was built between 1921 and 1925 by Oatley and Lawrence for Melville Wills. It is constructed of Bath stone with a stone tile roof. The building occupies a site bounded by St Michael's Hill and Cotham Hill, with formal gardens to the southwest. The plan comprises a central entrance and administration block facing north, and two wings arranged in a butterfly shape to the rear, forming a convex, south-facing garden elevation.

The building is two storeys high with an attic and basement, and a third storey to the administration block. It is designed in a Jacobethan Cotswold style, with plain ashlar elevations and diagonally positioned, grouped chimney stacks. The elevations are punctuated by projecting gables.

The north-facing administration block features the most elaborate architectural details; the rear wings share motifs but with simpler detailing. A projecting Tuscan-style porte-cochere with semi-circular arches and Doric columns, topped by a balustrade bearing the carved name 'BRISTOL / HOMOEOPATHIC / HOSPITAL' provides entrance. The north block has three bays with offset corner buttressing, a symmetrical arrangement with twin gables. Modern casement windows are set within their original openings, incorporating stone mullions and transoms; those in the gable heads have floating cornices. Ball and spike finials adorn the ridges and kneelers. A large entrance has been created on the east elevation.

The other elevations demonstrate projecting gables and returns, with occasional raking dormers. Arcades with colonnades, now glazed, with square pillars and Doric columns are located at each end and between the two wings on the garden-facing elevation. Large casement windows with blind, semi-circular arches mirror the rhythm of the arcading. Two plaques with stylised flowers, alluding to the building's function, are also present. Original guttering and downpipes remain, with hoppers bearing the stylised initials 'WMW', featuring barley-twists and bosses.

The north block internally contains lifts, staircases, reception and storage rooms. The floor plan on each of the three floors of the ward wings is similar: corridors run along the north with consultation rooms leading off to the south. The attic storey above the administration block originally housed an operating theatre with consultation rooms to the sides and corners, featuring a glazed balcony and top-lighting on the north and service rooms to the south.

The gardens to the south of the building were laid out in 1927 for WM Wills and are attributed to James Pulham and Son. They feature a central rectangular pool of pulhamhite, with semi-circular features at either end and a stepped paved surround. This sits within a paved cruciform patio with turf infill, low stone walls, steps, and piers with ball finials.