Description

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ELY CAMBRIDGE ROAD
TL 57 NW
4/1000 TOWER HOSPITAL

- II

Workhouse, now a disused hospital. 1837-8 by WJ Donthom. Gault brick in Flemish bond
with limestone dressings. Roofs with parapeted gable ends recently re-clad in artificial slates; W.
wing and cross-wing clad in asbestos sheets. Brick gable end and lateral stacks. PLAN: E-shaped
with large tower over central entrance wing and central rear wing behind. Tudor style.
EXTERIOR: Low 2-storey ranges linking 3-storey wings. 1:5:3:5:1 bay east front. Gabled
projecting wings to left and right of 3 storeys. Large central tower with embattled octagonal
turrets at the comers with tall narrow windows, at the front a very large full height mullion
transom window taking up the whole area between the turrets with a doorway at the base and
a gable at the top with a clock and a bellcote, and between the turrets on the S side large
mullion transom windows. Side elevations of N and S wings have central projecting gabled
bays. Chamfered stone mullion transom windows. Central block behind tower has splayed
gabled comers with 4-centred arch doorways and long rear (W) wing with cross-wing at the
end, the ranges behind (W) have been altered or demolished. INTERIOR: Stone dog-leg
staircase in central block with simple wooden balustrade with square newels and stick balusters.
It accommodated 340 inmates. SOURCES: Victoria County History p.46. Colvin H,
Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600-1840 p.271. Buildings of England p.381.

Listing NGR: TL5330979914

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26544321

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Recommended Books

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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)