Moorhead's Hospital, 103-107 St Michael Street, Dumfries is a Grade B listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 6 March 1981. Hospital. 6 related planning applications.
Moorhead's Hospital, 103-107 St Michael Street, Dumfries
- WRENN ID
- guardian-wattle-nettle
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 6 March 1981
- Type
- Hospital
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Moorhead's Hospital, located at 103-107 St Michael Street in Dumfries, was built between 1751 and 1753 as a paupers' hospital by contractors James Harley and Alexander Crombie. The building is two storeys high and is set above a basement, featuring a symmetrical H-plan design with a three-bay center and advanced single outer bays. The exterior is finished in painted render with contrasting ashlar margins.
The principal elevation faces east and includes a rusticated central doorway, which has a modern door, approached by steps. Above the doorway is a shaped panel that connects to the first-floor cill of a possibly enlarged timber-mullioned tripartite window. The windows are plate glass sash, and the building features an eaves and lintel band, a cornice, and a pair of massive axial stacks. Additionally, there is an open-worked timber axial ventilator and slated pavilion roofs. There is also a rear addition to the building.
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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 6 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
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