Description

BUXTON

SK0573NE DEVONSHIRE ROAD
616-1/3/33 (South West side)
21/12/70 Building to the south-east of
Devonshire Royal Hospital

GV II

Bath accommodation, now hospital addition to Devonshire Royal
Hospital. 1914, altered late C20. Ashlar gritstone with ashlar
dressings and iron balustrade. Lead and part glazed flat roof.
STYLE: Baroque Revival.
EXTERIOR: single storey. Symmetrical 13-window front arranged
1:4:1:4:1 under stone parapet with iron balustrading. Central
entrance has rusticated projecting porch with 3 round arches,
each concave with prominent keystone topped with segmental
pediment and leaded segmental roof. Either side a small oval
window in moulded surround with keystones. Beyond 4 windows in
moulded surrounds with key blocks and C20 casements. Beyond
slightly projecting outer wings with similar single windows
topped with double keystones and pediments.
Left and right returns of 2 windows. Rear: building utilises
ground slope- stone walls and iron rails to rear.
INTERIOR: limited access suggests central corridor with
changing cubicles to left and baths to right.

Listing NGR: SK0568473640

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26550453

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Recommended Books

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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)