Description

LUDLOW

SO5175 GRAVEL HILL
825-1/2/314 (West side (off))
East Hamlet Hospital

II

Formerly known as: The Ludlow Poor Law Workhouse GRAVEL HILL.
Workhouse, now hospital. c1833. Dressed stone; Welsh slate
roof; reduced stone ridge stacks. U-shaped plan with
projecting gable wings. 3-storeys; 5-window range: 6/6 sashes
(two C20 to right) under combed ashlar segmental arches; 4/8
sashes over; stone-coped pedimented gables, with corbelled
kneelers, and mutilated finials. Central single-storey
porch-bay with C20 glazing to chamfered ashlar pillars with
span-arch lintels, leading to C20 door flanked by C19, 6/6
casements, all under ashlar segmental arches; flanked by C20
fenestration and to left, C19, 8/8 sash. C20 conservatory over
porch. Stone rubble gables to rear, with C19, 6/6 and 4/8
sashes, and horizontal casements; further 2-storey range.
INTERIOR: retains some 6 panel doors with panelled reveals;
2nd (dormitory) floor intact, with stick-framing; 2 winder
staircases with simple wrought-iron balusters.

Listing NGR: SO5144275309

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26505589

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Recommended Books

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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)