Description

NEWTON ABBOT

SX8671 EAST STREET 1012-1/9/66 (South side) 22/03/83 Newton Abbot Hospital, Templer House (Formerly Listed as: EAST STREET (South side) District Finance office at Newton Abbot Hospital)

GV II

Office to Newton Abbot Hospital. Mid C19. Stucco, slate roof. L-plan. EXTERIOR: single-storey, 4-window range. Clasping pilasters to all angles with moulded tops and plinths, plinth, wide eaves with eaves band, continuous moulded impost band. The gabled 2 ranges to the right step forward, a blind oculus with a moulded architrave and four keystones is over 6/6-pane sash windows with radial glazing bars and Gibb's style blocking to the archivolt, possibly Coade stone. Two 6/6-pane sash windows to the left have stilted segmental arches. The pilasters to the central flat-roofed enclosed porch extend above a cornice and flank a parapet wall. A slightly pedimented projecting hood on brackets is probably late C19 or C20. Segmental arch over 6-panel door with 2 rows of 3 vertical panels. INTERIOR: not inspected but noted as being altered, with suspended ceilings. Built as a detached boardroom block to the workhouse of 1836-9.



Listing NGR: SX8617271118

External Links

• Wikidata Q26548414

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