Description

BRISTOL

ST6276 BLACKBERRY HILL, Fishponds
901-1/30/1263 (North side)
25/04/90 Glenside Hospital, former isolation
block
(Formerly Listed as:
BLACKBERRY HILL, Stapleton
Former isolation hospital east of
Glenside Hospital)

GV II

Hospital, former isolation unit. 1898-1980. By H Crisp and GH
Oatley. Pennant rubble with limestone dressings, ridge stacks
and Welsh slate roof. Single-depth plan of linked blocks.
Single storey; 12-window range. Symmetrical front with
rusticated quoin strips, plinth, and keyed segmental-arched
windows with ovolo mouldings. Central gabled porch and narrow
door, with narrow stained-glass lights to each side. 2-bay
verandah on cast-iron stanchions with decorative spandrel link
to hemi-octagonal bays, with paired sash windows and top-hung
casements, and finials on the roofs. The outer 3 windows are
articulated back. Ashlar stacks with wide, coved cornices, to
the end gables and ridges. 2 rusticated piers at the rear give
onto a tiled courtyard with covered walkway like the front
verandahs. INTERIOR: remodelled in C20.

Listing NGR: ST6272676345

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