Description

ST9172
930-1/11/176
22/06/78

CHIPPENHAM
ROWDEN HILL(East side)Front and main rear range of St Andrew's Hospital and attached walls(Formerly Listed as:ROWDEN HILL(East side)Front and main rear range of St Andrew's Hospital)

GII
Workhouse, now part of hospital buildings. c1857-9,with many later additions. Square limestone rubble with freestone quoins,plinths and dressings,hipped slate roofs.Tudor Revival style.PLAN: originally of two parallel ranges connected by a bar,now considerably infilled,it had two-light stone-mullioned cast-iron casement windows with hexagonal panes.Some remain.The front range flanking the gatehouse is single storey terminated by Dutch gabled ranges.The gatehouse is two-unit plan.EXTERIOR:two storeys;three-bay range.The central bay is stepped forward under a Dutch gable with an oculus to the apex;C20 windows flank a semicircular-arched carriage entrance.The rear retains the cast-iron windows.The courtyard to the rear is enclosed by attached high walls with chamfered freestone doorways to the gable ends of outhouses.The three-window range central block of the rear range is splayed to the first floor forming an octagon with a large lantern of two semicircular-arched lights with keystones and imposts to each facet which support a cornice and Dutch gabled parapets to four sides.The double entrance doors with sidelights and overlight are under a hoodmould with block stops.INTERIOR:is altered.HISTORY:built as a workhouse,the building became a hospital in 1947.(The Buildings of England:Pevsner N & Cherry B:Wiltshire:London:1967-1975:169).

Listing NGR: ST9129172642

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26558287

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Recommended Books

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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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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)