Hozier House, Hyndford Road, Lanark

John L Murray, 1891. T-plan former convalescent home: 2-storey, 11-bay main elevation with projecting ends; 6-bay wings at ends; central range leads to 7-bay rear wing: 2-storey, 3-bay central section with single storey, 2-bay ends. Rubble; squared and droved quoins and margins to openings. Band course; canted windows at 1st, 5th, 7th and 11th bays; paired gableheads at centre.

S (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: central 4-centred arched doorway with short flight of steps; plaque above engraved with 'Lady Hozier Convalescent Home';

single window above; flanking canted windows at ground floor; single windows above; blocked attic windows in gableheads; flanking 3-bay ranges with regular fenestration - bipartite windows at end bays at ground; single bay projections at end of elevation; canted bay at ground floor; single window above; single windows on inside returns.

W ELEVATION: 2-storey, 6-bay wing; regular fenestration; door in 3rd bay from left; wall attached between 2nd and 3rd bays; door and 1st floor window on left return; fire escape on rear elevation.

N (REAR) ELEVATION: central range with 5-bays at left and right; door in 2nd bay from centre; regular fenestration; aisled central passage (once glazed; currently boarded) extends out at right angle attaching to rear wing. WING: 2-storey, 3-bay central range with regular

fenestration; single storey, 2-bay wings at ends; bipartite windows to left wing; 2 single windows of different size to right wing; blind returns; 2 windows on rear returns.

E ELEVATION: 2-storey, 6-bay wing; regular fenestration; door

and stairs in 4th bay from left; windows on right return; fire escape on rear elevation.

Modern 2-pane glazing. Slate roof; straight skews; bracketed eaves to gables - more decorative to main building; 6 slender, coped stacks with cans along roof; broader stack to rear wing.

INTERIOR: simple corridor structure with bedrooms leading off; half-timbered walls; timber surrounds to doors. Cast-iron brackets to passage.