Description

SHEFFIELD

SK3487NW WINTER STREET 784-1/17/793 (North East side) 05/10/93 South-east ward range at St George's Hospital

GV II

South-east ward range at St George's Hospital, formerly the Borough Fever Hospital. 1876-82, with mid C20 alterations. By SL Swann. Red brick with blue brick, moulded brick and ashlar dressings. Flat roofs surrounded by pierced stone balustrade topped with ornate cast-iron railing. Gothic Revival style. EXTERIOR: plinth, string courses, sill and impost bands, moulded brick cornice. 2 storeys; 14 window range. Ground floor windows mainly boarded at time of survey. The building comprises two Y-plan blocks, now connected at their inner ends by a mid C20 brick link building with 2 casements above, and a full width glazed canopy below, covering various windows and doors. Each block has 3 stone mullioned cross casements flanked by single light transomed windows, all with segmental heads. Below, similar fenestration with segmental pointed polychrome heads with panel tracery. At the inner ends, a canted 2 storey staircase tower with balustrade and large stack. 3 shouldered segmental pointed windows with polychrome heads, and above them, blocked round windows. Blocked ground floor windows. At the centre of the inner ends, a large dormer with slated roof, coped gable and pointed arched window. Splayed projecting bays at the outer ends have a segment-headed transomed window above, and a similar window with segmental pointed head and panel tracery below. In each return angle, 2 similar windows on each floor. Between the splayed bays, a segment-headed 3-light mullion window with transom, and below, a pointed arched window. INTERIOR not inspected. Building vacant at time of survey.

Listing NGR: SK3409087558

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