Farleigh Hospital And The Church Of St George

Farleigh Hospital began as a workhouse for the Bedminster Union, constructed between 1837 and 1838 by Scott and Moffat. A chapel, designed by John Norton and dated 1860, was added later. The buildings are constructed from ashlar and coursed, squared rubble, with tiled and slate roofs, and ashlar stacks. The administrative block at the front features a tall central archway with imposts, rusticated voussoirs, and a keystone dated 1838, topped by a pediment. Flanking this are single-story five-bay wings with glazing bar sash windows, and three of the windows project forward under hipped roofs. A later, low three-bay extension is attached to the right. Behind the administrative block and to its sides are six-bay blocks connecting to the inner courtyard. These blocks are three stories high, with seven bays recessed to the north and six bays to the south, where the final bay projects. The south-facing windows are 4-pane sash windows. The rear block includes an octagonal, four-story central block with alternate bays projecting and surmounted by pediments. A central 20th-century door has been inserted, and a clock is located on the top storey, separated by a plain band between the second and top floors. Glazing bar sash windows are present throughout. Flanking wings of three stories and five bays are situated on either side. The kitchen block, at the rear, is two stories high with a hipped slate roof and l:2:2:2:2:2:l bays of 4-pane sash windows arranged in an E-plan, with outer bays projecting as taller wings. A single-story corridor, now broken through, connected the kitchen wing to the main block. To the south-west of the administrative block, an arcaded walk extends for nine bays, interrupted in the center and leading to the chapel. The chapel, or Church of St George, is built of coursed, squared rubble with freestone dressings and quoins, and a plain tiled roof. It incorporates a nave, north and south transepts, a chancel, and a vestry, all designed in an early 13th-century style with plate tracery. Windows include two 2-light windows with cusped heads to the nave, two similar windows to the chancel, a 3-light window to each transept, a 5-light south-east window, and a 4-light north-west window with a foiled circle above. A bell turret is positioned on the north-west gable. The interior retains an Early English style font and pulpit. All buildings other than the primary structures are excluded from the listing.