Description

LICHFIELD

SK1109NW BEACON STREET
1094-1/4/4 (South West side)
05/02/52 No.7
Milley's Hospital
(Formerly Listed as:
Milley Hospital)

GV II*

Almshouse. 1504 with later alterations, late C18 rear addition
and extensive restoration of 1906 by C Lynham; addition of
1985-7. For Dr Thomas Milley.
Brick with ashlar dressings; tile roof with brick end stacks,
that to right large and to front of ridge.
EXTERIOR: Tudor style. 2 storeys with attic; symmetrical
5-window range. Entrance in 2-storey gabled porch has
elliptical brick arch and wide-boarded door; window above has
pilaster strips and pediment, and 2-light casement with iron
opening casement; apron panel with inscription recording the
foundation; 1906 flanking single-chamfered lights and end
3-light single-chamfered-mullioned windows; 2 gabled dormers;
all with leaded glazing.
Rear has gabled wing, the left return wall of which was moved
back in 1906, with end gabled wing and re-entrant stair wing;
similar windows and some 2-light casements; left return has
segmental-headed windows with terracotta sills and 4-pane
casements. C20 wing to rear.
INTERIOR: inner entrance has original door with strap hinges;
hall has stop-chamfered beams, close-studded partition walls
and doorways with slight ogee heads and plank doors; 1st floor
and corridors to wings have similar details, some 3-panel
doors and one with wooden latch; chapel to 1st floor centre
has simple details: plain benches and window with C17 or C18
latch; open well stick-baluster staircase.
HISTORY: the hospital was founded in 1424 and re-founded
1502-4 by Dr Milley for almswomen; it is built on the site of
the town ditch.
(Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Staffordshire: London:
1974-: P.192; Victoria History of the County of Stafford:
Oxford: 1970-: P.275-8).

Listing NGR: SK1135509759

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Dr Milley's Hospital at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q5304540

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