Newton Abbot Hospital Central Entrance Block Attached Walls And Piers

The central entrance block, along with attached walls and piers, forms part of Newton Abbot Hospital. Originally built between 1836 and 1839 as a workhouse range by architects Moffat and Scott, it retains elements from its original design. The building is constructed from incised stucco with limestone rubble to the rear, and has slate roofs, hipped at the front.

The building comprises three rectangular blocks connected by corridors, with a pitched roof to the left and a mid-20th century flat roof to the right. The western (right) block was heightened in the late 19th century. Originally symmetrical in appearance, the front elevations feature two windows in each block and corridor. Common features include plinths, eaves bands, and impost string courses. The central carriage entrance, now glazed in the late 20th century, is flanked by pilasters supporting an entablature and pediment over a tall semicircular arch with stepped voussoirs, with a dentil cornice beneath the pediment at the rear. The flanking wings have semicircular arched windows with 6/6-pane sash glazing, radial glazing bars, and margin panes, though the first floor of the right-hand block lacks margin panes. The linking corridors are defined by wide pilasters. Single-storey, flat-roofed additions extend to the rear, incorporating a similar pedimented feature to the main entrance.

The interior has been altered. Attached to the rear inner corners of the outer blocks are thick rubblestone walls approximately 4 metres high. These walls cant inwards towards tall square piers, turn to the rear, and slope downwards to a height of around 1 metre, originally forming a courtyard with 20th-century infill. The main workhouse range has since been demolished.