Description

OLD WINDSOR

SU97SE CRIMP HILL
599-1/14/16 (West side)
03/03/72 King Edward VII Hospital, Old
Windsor Unit

GV II

Formerly known as: Windsor Union Workhouse CRIMP HILL.
Workhouse, later hospital for elderly people, vacant at time
of inspection. 1835 by Scott and Moffatt. Red brick with
diamond patterns of blue headers; yellow brick quoins and
window dressings. Slate high pitched roof. Tudor style.
Symmetrical U-plan.
EXTERIOR: main block of 2 storeys, with 3-storey centrepiece;
linked by one-storey section to higher one-storey wings. 6
chimneys in main section, 2 chimneys in left hand wing, 4
chimneys in right hand wing; all with diamond shafts on square
bases. Stone coped, red brick plinth.
2-and 3-light leaded, mullioned and transomed windows with
square heads in canted reveals. Centrepiece has 2-storey
canted bays with stone-coped, embattled parapets on either
side of central door with Tudor arch and square hoodmould;
similar parapet and stone cornice to projecting porch. Tall
cupola in centre with lead ogee cap, weather vane and clock in
base.
2-storey, one-bay embattled sections flank the porch on either
side, projecting in a slightly lower plane.
INTERIOR: not inspected.

Listing NGR: SU9777173678

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26413093

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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  For the Record