Description

1. KING STREET
5409 Nos 8 to 16 (even)
(St Giles's Hospital)
SU 13 SW 1/100

II GV

2.
Said to have been founded by Adelicia, wife of Henry I. Re-erected on this
site in mid C19 as result of Lord Pembroke wishing to enclose the north-east
corner of Wilton Park. Tudor-Gothic style. 2 storey symmetrical gabled
front. Brick with slate roofs and 5 brick ridge chimneys. Central and
2 outer ridge height gabled breaks with scalloped bargeboards, 2 smaller
gables with plain bargeboards over 1st floor windows in set backs. 2-light
casements on 1st floor, outer with moulded labels; centre window and 6-light
oriel on moulded corbel. 3-light casements on ground floor, centre with
moulded label, outer 5-light square hipped bays. Centre and outer breaks
linked by pent porch to 5 doors. Band over ground floor with "Hospitium
S: Egidii Adelicia Reg: Hen: Fund" in raised Gothic letters. Pitched path
in front. 3 foot brick wall to street with central gate piers, stone capped
and inscribed "St Giles's Hospital".

Listing NGR: SU1008731485

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26274659

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Recommended Books

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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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