Description

TRURO

SE8244NW INFIRMARY HILL
880-1/6/79 (West side)
19/06/73 Royal Cornwall Hospital (City)

GV II

Infirmary hospital. 1799 datestone. By William Wood, architect
and overseer of Lemon Street development. Local freestone
ashlar walls; dry Delabole slate mansard roof with open
pediments over entrance and fronting cross wing on right; roof
dormers with pediments. Shallow depth plan. 3 storeys plus
attic over basement; nearly symmetrical 3:3:3-bay north front
with taller central bays broken forward and rising to 4
storeys with open pediment plus similar pediment to 3-storey
3-window projecting cross wing on the right; first-floor sill
string and moulded cornice to parapets; flat arches over
original hornless sashes with glazing bars. Doorway, central
to main block, has moulded architrave and hood on consoles and
date 1799 to frieze; 6-panel door with 3-pane overlight; above
is sash with round-arched recessed surround over an apron with
the Cornish Arms flanked by swags over guttae. Third floor has
sash within similar but plainer recessed panel with stepped
keyblock. To middle of other bays to first floor are aprons
inscribed "Cornwall and Infirmary". Cross wing has 3-linked
moulded segmental arches to ground floor, moulded round arches
over Corinthian capitals to first floor and rusticated round
arch to middle of 2nd floor; blind central windows. INTERIOR
not inspected.
(Truro Buildings Research Group: Lemon Street and its
Neighbourhood: Truro: 1980-).

Listing NGR: SW8233244590

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26569826

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Recommended Books

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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)