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
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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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