Description

The following building shall be added;

TQ 2579 SE MARLOES ROAD
(east side)

37/55 Stonehall Outpatients
Clinic, St Mary
Abbot's Hospital

II

Central and male wing of former Kensington workhouse, now hospital. 1848.
Designed by Thomas Allom. Red brick, with white brick dressings and quoins
and blue and white brick diaper patterns; stone finals and dressings to loggia.
Neo-Jacobean style.Slate pitched roof to eaves. Projecting centre of 7 main
bays, the second and the sixth bays projecting further to full height beneath
decorative gables with stone finials. Wing to left of centre of 6 main bays,
the outer projecting to full height beneath decorative gable with stone
finial. 1 storey, 3 bay wing to left of this. Centre block of 4 storeys; wing
of 3 storeys. Arcading to ground floor between wings, set in front of facade
to centre, with balustraded parapet over, but flush with facade above, to
wing. Entrance to centre of centre block, within the arcade. Square headed,
gauged brick headed windows of 3-lights to gabled projections, and of 2-lights
between. Many windows to centre block retain original iron lattice glazing
bars and small panes. Other windows have plate glass casements. Projecting
canted bay windows rising through ground and first floors to gabled projections
in central block. Centre bay to centre block also projects forward very
slightly,inset clock within decorative gable at roof level. Small bellcote
with bell to crest of roof above. Very early surviving London workhouse
building.

Survey of London XL11 pp343-64

Listing NGR: TQ2568079184

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q27081344

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Recommended Books

• 
  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)