Description

DAMERS ROAD
1.
5191
Damers Hospital
SY 6890 7/162
II
2.
Included for east front and chapel alone. 1836. Former Poor Law Institution.
Architect George Wilkinson. Portland or Ridgeway hammer dressed stone. Red
brick dressings. Hipped slate roof. 2 storeys. 9 ranges of sashes, those
on ground floor with glazing bars. Central 3 bays break forward and have plain
band at 1st floor, moulded eaves cornice and pediment. Doorway with overscaled
modillion cornice.
Chapel of circa 1870. Brown brick, with moulded diaper work around upper part
of apse exterior. Moulded yellow brick cornice. Pitched tile roof. Open fleche
with spirelet at west end. Polygonal apse. Paired lancets separated by ashlar
buttresses.

Listing NGR: SY6863890309

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26404330

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Recommended Books

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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)