Boundary Wall and terrace, former Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary is a Grade C listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 6 March 1981. Hospital lodge.

Boundary Wall and terrace, former Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary

WRENN ID
upper-sandstone-hawk
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Dumfries and Galloway
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
6 March 1981
Type
Hospital lodge
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

Description

Attributed to John Starforth of Edinburgh, 1869-73. single storey, 3-bay, red sandstone hospital lodge building with segmental-arched openings and a central door at northern entrance to former hospital site. Bipartite timber windows, and a tall, corniced and bracketed single ashlar stack to the rear, with piended and slated roof. The lodge interior was not seen in 2014.

The boundary wall is of coursed and squared red sandstone and extends to the north and south of the hospital site along Nithbank Road.

The terracing, set to the east of the boundary wall and directly in front of the main block, is of red sandstone and has decorative quatrefoil shaped pierced balustrading, with a central flight of steps leading up to the entrance of the main block. Steps to roadside possibly later insertion.

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