George Steil's Hospital

The George Steil's Hospital is a large building constructed in phases between 1819 and 1915, originally designed as a classical mansion by William Burn. It is located within a landscaped setting.

The original mansion, built between 1819 and 1821, is a two-story, nine-bay structure with a raised basement, constructed of droved sandstone with polished ashlar dressings. A base course, eaves cornice, and blocking course are prominent features. The south elevation is characterized by bays grouped in threes, with segmentally arched basement windows and corniced, architraved windows on the principal floor, incorporating apron panels. A full-height, pedimented Ionic portico with oversailing ashlar steps provides central access, featuring a broad corniced doorway with two-leaf doors. The north elevation has eight bays, with arrow-slit windows and four advanced, central bays.

In 1896, a wing was added at a right angle to the east, and a further two-story wing was added to the west in 1915, creating an open courtyard to the north. The 1896 east wing has three bays to the north and south elevations, with eight near-regular bays to the east and seven to the west. A single-story flat-roofed addition fills the re-entrant angle to the south. A further addition extends the wing to the north. A fire escape stair is present on the north elevation. The 1915 west wing contrasts in materials, utilizing sandstone rubble to the south, north, and east, and brick to the west. This wing has an L-plan and incorporates a flat-roofed addition in the re-entrant angle. The chapel within this wing features tall, narrow workshop windows to the south, tripartite windows to the west, and a round arched window in the north gablehead, topped with a cross finial. Machinery doors are present on the north elevation of the re-entrant addition.

Twelve-pane glazing is the predominant window style, with some four-pane windows in the west wing, and top-hoppers. The roof is slate, with grey slates, a piended roof to the original mansion, and a leaded pediment. Ridge ventilators are on the west wing. Stone chimneys are present, with coped ashlar stacks to the original mansion and wallhead stacks to the east wing.

The interior of the original mansion has been largely altered, though some original features remain, including round arched recesses in the hall and a square plan stairwell with a scale and platt staircase and simple wrought-iron railings. The chapel, dated 1918, features simple galleries, a three-aisle arrangement, painted walls, plasterwork Stations of the Cross, a rendered open ceiling, and a stained glass chancel window.

To the southwest of the main building are gates and gatepiers, likely dating from the 20th century. The gatepiers are corniced ashlar, with moulded necks, and are flanked by three-leaf wrought-iron gates.