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

• Wikidata Q26550453

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Recommended Books

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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)