Description

GREAT YARMOUTH

TG5206 QUEEN'S ROAD
839-1/6/148 (South side)
05/08/74 St Nicholas' Hospital, South Block
(Formerly Listed as:
QUEEN'S ROAD
Royal Naval Asylum)

GV II

Isolation wing to naval hospital, now St Nicholas' Hospital
(qv). c1809-11. By William Pilkington, supervised by Edward
Holl, Architect to the Navy Board. Yellow stock brick under
slate roofs. One storey. 5 bays right and left of projecting
3-bay centrepiece with 2-bay wings projecting at east and west
ends under hipped roofs. 6/6 horned sashes under reduced
gauged skewback arches, 4 of which are blocked. Eaves cornice
of paired upright bricks imitating a triglyph frieze.
INTERIOR: plain, of C20 character.
HISTORICAL NOTE: possibly the isolation ward for what were
known as zymotic deseases. As such an early and rare example
of its type, part of a good group with the main hospital
range, and the former mortuary (qv), of architectural interest
for its use of decorative brickwork.
(Buildings of England: Pevsner N: North-east Norfolk and
Norwich: London: 1973-: 148; SAVE Britain's Heritage: Deserted
Bastions: London: 1993-: 124).

Listing NGR: TG5284706289

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26538440

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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  For the Record
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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