Former Main Block to Selwood Hospital is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 May 1981. Former workhouse. 1 related planning application.
Former Main Block to Selwood Hospital
- WRENN ID
- hallowed-bonework-claret
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 May 1981
- Type
- Former workhouse
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 9 September 2025 to update the Name and Address and reformat the text to current standards
ST 7647 8/417
ST 7747 NW 9/417
FROME ECOS COURT Former Main Block to Selwood Hospital
(Formerly listed as WEYMOUTH ROAD Main Block to Selwood Hospital)
5.5.81
GV II
Former Workhouse, derived in plan from Samuel Kempthorne's "Panopticon" design of 1834. Possibly by Scott and Moffatt.
Administrative block faces east: three windows, glazing bar sashes. Central door with cornice and transom light. The Y-plan building behind is also three storeys with glazing bar sash windows, the north and south wings have 4-1-4 bays with central gabled stair breaks. Single storey framing wings.
Listing NGR: ST7699547566
Detailed Attributes
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