Former depot hospital at Maindy Barracks is a Grade II listed building in the Cardiff local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 22 October 2001. Hospital.

Former depot hospital at Maindy Barracks

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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cardiff
Country
Wales
Date first listed
22 October 2001
Type
Hospital
Source
Cadw listing

Description

A 2-storey 'pavilion plan' former depot hospital, comprising a 3-bay main range facing SE and roughly square in plan, with slightly higher wing set back on the NE side that housed wards in each storey. Of snecked rock-faced Pennant sandstone with Bath stone dressings, and slate roof with coped gables on moulded kneelers, stone stack to the L of the main range and 2 stone stacks to the rear of the wing, which has a coped parapet to the SE and NE sides. Transomed windows, mainly also with mullions, incorporate small-pane hornless sashes. The main range has a central gabled porch with double panelled doors and round-headed overlight. Above it is a slightly recessed 3-light mullioned window. Outer gabled bays have 2-light windows.

Set back on the R side is the 3-window wing with transomed windows and relieving arches. Its R end wall has a 3-light mullioned and transomed window, and a doorway to the L. On the R side is the sanitary annex in the form of a projecting square tower at the NW corner. It has 2 narrow sashes to the SE, and 3 narrow sashes to the NE and NW elevations. The rear of the wing has 3 windows similar to the front, in between which are stacks rising from the eaves. The rear of the main range has sash windows in the outer gabled bays, except lower R where there is a boarded door and overlight. The central bay has sash windows with a boarded door and overlight to its L in the lower storey, while in the upper storey is a lean-to porch on the R side at the top of an external cantilevered stairs.

The L (SW) side of the main range is enclosed with a walled yard, which has single and double boarded doors, while the elevation has 3 sash windows in the upper storey and stack to the R.

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