Meneage Hospital

HELSTON

SW6627 MENEAGE STREET 631-1/5/188 (North East side) 22/05/72 Meneage Hospital

GV II

Former workhouse. Probably 1855, the same as entrance gateway with datestone (qv). Local rubble with granite dressings including plinth, monolithic jambs and square eaves cornice; dry Delabole slate roofs, hipped except for granite-coped central rear gable with dressed granite stack, other stacks brick: 2 axial stacks and 1 lateral stack; cast-iron ogee gutters. Symmetrical E-shaped plan with central tower porch at the front, 2 shallow rear wings and deep central 2-storey wing plus single-storey lean-to clasping the front corners. 3 storeys; nearly symmetrical 1:6:1:6:1-bay articulated front. Some original 12-pane hornless sashes, some horned copies, otherwise later transomed windows with small panes and two C20 1st-floor extensions carried on concrete piers in front of 3 bays at left and right, 1 bay from the porch; mid-floor stair windows near angle on left and altered on right, otherwise original openings. Taller porch has round-arched doorway with original fanlight; round-arched window to each floor above, impost band to 1st floor and blind oculus under moulded eaves of pyramidal roof. End cross wings have tripartite windows in wide openings to upper floor. Right-hand lean-to on right has extra wing projecting forward in front of angle. Other elevations are unaltered except for 2 small C20 single-storey additions at rear left; many original 12-pane hornless sashes and tripartite sashes including central round-arched window of central rear gable with concentric fanlight head, other windows replaced with top-opening windows with glazing bars. Side walls are 3:1:3 bays with central entrance and stair bays. Central rear wing is 2 storeys with two 1st-floor tripartite sashes to each side wall and 1 similar ground-floor window. INTERIOR not inspected.

Listing NGR: SW6619127245