Walker Dunbar Hospital And Attached Front Garden Walls And Piers

Walker Dunbar Hospital, formerly known as Duncan House, is a house that has been converted into a hospital. It dates from the late 18th century, with a porch and mansard roof added in 1884 by C. Hansom. The building is constructed from limestone ashlar, featuring brick gable stacks and a slate mansard roof. It has a double-depth plan and is designed in a mid-Georgian style. The structure stands three storeys high, with an attic and basement, and has a six-window range. The front is symmetrical, with a one-window left-hand extension that is set back. The ground floor is rusticated, leading to a plat band, cornice, and parapet.

The single-storey porch includes pilasters, an entablature, and a pediment, with jambs that have imposts and a semicircular arch leading to two-leaf glazed 20th-century doors. The windows on the ground floor have keys and plate-glass sashes, while the first floor features 6/6-pane sashes, and the second floor has plate-glass sashes. There are also five 3/3-pane dormers and two rear semicircular-arched stair windows.

Inside, the interior is largely from the 19th century, with an entrance hall that has an elliptical arch leading to a central rear open-well staircase. This staircase features column balusters and a ramped moulded rail, along with a modillion cornice and panelled doors and shutters. The property also includes attached brick and rubble front garden walls and ashlar piers. Walker Dunbar Hospital is similar to Mortimer House next door, as both were town houses built before the terraces took over in Clifton.