John Wood's Hospital, 9-20 Woodlaw Park, Upper Largo

John Wood’s Hospital, built in 1830 by civil engineer James Leslie, is a Jacobethan-style building. It is constructed from polished ashlar stone and has two storeys and a symmetrical front with 13 bays. The central bay is advanced and gabled, featuring a doorway and two flanking windows with latticed upper sections, all sheltered by a four-centred arched hoodmould. A stepped string course runs along the facade, above which is a large tripartite window with multi-paned glazing. The window is decorated with Y-tracery and an ogee hoodmould. Decorative cusping and scrolled crockets appear below the hoodmould, leading up to a central birdcage pinnacle (repeated to the north) and obelisk terminal pinnacles. The outer bays are arranged in groups of three, each with a shallow, centrally advanced gabled bay containing a modern door under a four-centred arch with a Y-traceried fanlight above. A string course sits above this, and a cill course is present beneath the central first-floor window. Hoodmoulds cover the ground floor and first-floor central windows, while the outer first-floor windows have small gablets above them. The original window glazing pattern remains. All gablets are adorned with finials, and the roof is slate-covered with straight skews and stacks featuring panelled plinths and sets of four octagonal flues. The end gables have a single blind window on both the ground and first floors. Rear additions have been made to the building and the interior has been altered. The hospital is set within walled grounds, which include octagonal piers marking the carriage and pedestrian entrances. A single-storey outbuilding is built into the wall on the north-east side. The present building replaced a similar hospital constructed in 1665 by Robert Mylne.