Description

SO 3081-3181
13/160
1.12.51

CLUN C.P.
HOSPITAL LANE
(East side)
13/160
Warden's House and Chapel adjoining Trinity Hospital at South-east corner

GV
II*

Warden's house, now house and chapel. Circa 1857. Coursed and roughly
squared limestone rubble with ashlar dressings; plain tile roofs. L-
plan house with chapel to South. House: one storey and attic. Brick
ridge stacks off-centre to left and right; 2 central gabled semi-dormers
with verge parapets and 3-light casements. Ground floor 4-bay arcaded
loggia with square piers, moulded capitals and round arches; 2 casements
set back behind right half-glazed door to left; boarded door into hospital
in left-hand return front of loggia. Interior: dog-leg staircase with
pendants, closed string, turned balusters, moulded ramped handrail and
square newel-posts; moulded architraves. Chapel: lancet style. 3
bays. Diagonal buttresses, verge parapets; gabled bellcote to West
with chamfered-arched opening. Paired West lancets and triple East
lancets with continuous returned hoodmoulds; four- centred chamfered-
arched doorway in loggia to North with 4 flush-panelled studded doorway.
Interior: roof with pairs of purlins; arch-braced collar trusses with
king posts from collar to apex; C17-style 1857 box pews; plaque
commemorating foundation of hospital; glass in East windows lettered
"HENRY HOWARD, EARL OF NORTHAMPTON, KG,/FOUNDER/1618", "THOMAS MUSGRAVE,
D.D./LORD BISHOP OF HEREFORD/VISITOR 1837" and "EDWARD HERBERT, EARL OF
POWIS K.G./LORD of the HONOR and LORDSHIP OF CLUN/1845". Graded II*
on account of relationship with Trinity Hospital (q.v.).

Listing NGR: SO3033481058

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17539515

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Recommended Books

• 
  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version