Description

SHEFFIELD

SK3488SW INFIRMARY ROAD
784-1/13/448 (South side)
08/09/70 The Roundhouse
(Formerly Listed as:
INFIRMARY ROAD
Royal Infirmary (original block with
south-east and south-west wings))

GV II

Outpatients' department, now offices. 1883-84, restored and
converted c1988. By John Dodsley Webster. Coursed squared
stone with ashlar dressings and pyramidal slate roof topped
with a domed octagonal lantern. Single storey wings have C20
flat asphalt roofs.
EXTERIOR: 2 storey octagonal central block has 2 round-arched
glazing bar windows on each side, with plain stone surrounds
with keystones and impost bands. North-east side has 3 similar
windows and above them a large double side wall stack, now
capped, with a recessed central panel with round-arched
opening. On each side, single-storey wings of various lengths,
with renewed 8 pane glazing bar sashes with stone surrounds
and sillbands, several of them mullioned. Longest wing, to
south-west, has two 8 pane sashes and to their right, a larger
tripartite sash. North-west wing has a 4-columned Doric
portico covering a C20 glazed double door with overlight.
South-west wing has an entrance with panelled pilasters and
heavy scroll brackets to corniced stone hood. On either side,
a single window.
INTERIOR refitted c1988, has panelled angle pilasters and
cornice, with roundel panels above. Octagonal roof with
wrought-iron lattice girders with monograms in the spandrels.
Wings are linked to form an annular corridor and linked
offices.

Listing NGR: SK3444088232

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26546749

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Recommended Books

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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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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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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House