Pedestrian Gateway And Gate And Entrance Lodge To Belmont Hospital

TIVERTON

SS9512 BELMONT ROAD, Tiverton 848-1/6/138 Pedestrian gateway, gate and 14/12/72 entrance lodge to Belmont hospital (Formerly Listed as: BELMONT ROAD Belmont Hospital)

GV II

Pedestrian gateway, gate and entrance lodge to Belmont Hospital (qv), formerly the Tiverton workhouse. Classical lodge boarded up and disused at time of survey. 1837-1838 to the designs of Scott and Moffat. Coursed and snecked local stone; slate roof and stack with glazed yellow brick shaft to lodge; iron gate to gateway. STYLE: Classical. PLAN: the pedestrian entrance to the workhouse is from Water Lane and leads to what was the principal entrance front of the workhouse complex with a small lodge inside the gate to the east. The lodge is 2 rooms on plan with a central entrance and rear right stack. EXTERIOR: fine classical gateway with a round headed pedimented archway with a keyblock and piers with capitals. Iron gate has diagonal cross- bracing with a central roundel; tympanum of arch filled with panel of iron bars. Single storey lodge with stone eaves band and 3-bay symmetrical front; hipped slate roof with lead rolls; snecked stone with hammer-dressed ashlar dressings. Projecting pedimented porch with round-headed outer doorway and 4-panel front door. left and right windows are boarded up but were probably small-pane timber sashes. INTERIOR: not inspected.

Listing NGR: SS9582112968