Danetre Hospital Administration Offices (Former Workhouse Building)

The following building shall be included:

DAVENTRY LONDON ROAD SP 56 SE Danetre Hospital 1/91 Administration Offices (former workhouse building) II Workhouse, converted into hospital, now hospital administration offices. 1838 Poor Law Institution, Flemish bond red brick. Hipped slate roof with moulded eaves. Slate hipped roofs. Brick axial stacks. H-shaped on plan with central entrance on the outer side of the east wing of the H. Georgian style. 2 storeys. 10:3:3:3:7 window range, centre 9 bays advanced of which the 3 at centre with pediment break forward again. All 12-pane sashes with horns and stone sills, the ground floor with flat brick arches, the first floor window heads under eaves entablature. Central doorway with small canopy on brackets, rectangular overlight and flush panel door. The central lateral and back ranges also have sash windows; on the west (rear) elevation of the back range the 2 end bays break forward with pedimental gables. Minor C20 brick additions on back of ranges. Interior: not inspected. Note: Built in 1838 as a Poor Law Institution accommodating 230 inmates, it became a hospital, whose C20 main buildings are detached to the west. The Workhouse building is now used as hospital administration offices. Source: Buildings of England p.173; Kellys Director# Northamptonshire 1898, p.62.

Listing NGR: SP5741561920