Eastbank Hospital, East Road, Kirkwall

Eastbank Hospital, located on East Road in Kirkwall, is a mid-19th century building that has undergone later alterations and additions. It is a two-storey structure with a basement and attic, featuring a three-bay plain classical symmetrical design. The building is situated on sloping ground that falls to the east and includes a single-storey, rectangular-plan addition with a bowed eastern elevation at the northeast corner of the main block. A steel fire escape is attached to the northern elevation.

The exterior is harled with ashlar sandstone margins and includes box dormers.

On the west (principal) elevation, there is a single-storey lean-to addition that spans the central and left bays at ground level. The central bay features a timber panelled door with a narrow light on either side, with a window above on each floor of the main block and a single dormer. The left bay has a window at each floor and a bipartite dormer above, while the right bay also has a window at each floor and a bipartite dormer.

The east (rear) elevation has two central stair windows positioned between the floors, with a window in each floor of the flanking bays and bipartite dormers above. There is a small window set to the left in a single-storey projection on the outer right.

On the south (side) elevation, there is a window at the ground and first floors, positioned to the right of the main block, along with two blocked attic windows evenly spaced in the gable. A wide gablehead stack is situated above. The left side features a bowed projection with a window set wide in each of its two bays, and a tall gablehead stack above.

The north elevation includes the fire escape on the outer left and a projecting single-storey addition.

The building predominantly features four-pane timber sash and case windows, with twelve-pane timber sash and case windows in the dormers. There is a small central rooflight on the east pitch. The roof is covered with grey slate, while the projection has a traditional graded stone tiled roof. Other features include a stone ridge, stone skews, harled and coped gablehead stacks, and uPVC rainwater goods.

The interior was not seen during the last inspection in 1998.