Description

HOLBEACH FLEET ROAD
TF 3624 - 3724 (north side)

16/61 Fleet Hospital

II

Workhouse, now hospital. 1837, enlarged 1851, 1867, 1871, C20. Brown brick
with red brick dressings. Hipped slate roofs with single ridge and single
lateral stacks to east range. Long low east range with tripartite range
attached to west with octagonal lantern rising above the position where the 3
radiating ranges meet. East range with central two and a half storey range of
5 bays and flanked by 2 storey, 9 bay wings that are slightly set back with
outer 2 bays on each side projecting far forward. Small plinth, painted first
floor bands and painted quoins. Central 3 bays project slightly with central
doorway with overlight, plain doorcase and pedimented hood. Doorway flanked
by 2 plain sashes; beyond to right and left are single small pivotal C20
casements with 6 plain sashes beyond them on each side, the outermost being
slightly smaller. 2 plain sashes in each of the outer projecting bays. 5
plain sashes above with single longer plain sashes beyond on each side. 7
plain sashes beyond on each side with small narrow windows between the third
and fourth bays from the outer bays. Central range with 5 small plain sashes
above. All the windows with cambered heads with flush wedge lintels, some of
them painted. Ranges to rear with similar plain sashes and some low C20
extensions. C20 central octagonal lantern.

Listing NGR: TF3700424908

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26545087

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Recommended Books

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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (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