Description

RITSON ROAD E8
1.
5013
TQ 3484 22/60
Main block and
attached extension
to east at
The German
Hospital
II
GV

2.
Hospital. Dated 1863. Designed by T L Donaldson and E A Gruning. Extension to east
of 1936 by Burnet and Tait. Main block of red brick with patterning in black headers
and yellow brick dressings. Slated steeply pitched roof to eaves. Neo Tudor-style.
2 parallel ranges linked by a multi-storey corridor. 'U' shaped administration block
to north of 2 storeys, and 3-storey parallel ward block to south. Symmetrical. Central
entrance in 1 storey range to front of Administration block, with square headed
entrance and arched fanlight over set in Tuscan portico; balustrade over, extending as
parapet to low entrance range. 3 main bays to centre, with crow-stepped gabled
advanced wings to left and right. Square headed 2 and 3-light windows with timber
mullions; gables to some first floor windows. Attached ward block of similar character.
South face with dates in brick to scrolly gables. Eastern extension of narrow buff bricks
with some decoration in turquoise tiles, flat roof. 'L' shaped. 5 storeys. 7 main
bays to Fassett Square. Entrance recessed beneath cantilevered concrete canopy with
vertical staircase window above, to fourth floor; short tower with attached flag pole
above. 3-light horizontal windows with horizontal metal glazing bars set in bands
between projecting bands. Facade to hospital with projecting wing to north-west, with
cantilevered block to third floor on north-west corner. Cantilevered semi-circular
balconies to south end of block facing with metal balustrades west and top floor with
solid balustraded cantilevered balcony. Roof terrace with semi-circular feature.
Interior retains original staircases to north and south ends, with decorative chrome
balustrade; original reception area with built in desk attached to circular pillar.
The original block has special historic interest as an exceptionally early civilian
example of a pavilion plan hospital. The eastern extension is of special architectural
interest in its own right.

Listing NGR: TQ3419484880

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26529077

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