Description

SHREWSBURY

SJ4812SE MURIVANCE
653-1/14/455 (South West side)
Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital

GV II

Hospital. 1879-1881, by Ellison of Liverpool. Extended 1926.
Brick and terracotta; roofs of Welsh slate with terracotta
cresting.
3 storeys, 8-window range to Murivance, an asymmetrical
composition. Doorway to right in extension of 1926, a wide
moulded archway in projecting bay with paired sash windows
alongside with moulded architraves and continuous hoodmould
over. 3 paired sash windows above. Terracotta panels above,
and mullioned and transomed windows with pointed upper lights
over. Square mullioned and transomed windows in attic storey,
with steep pediment over central bay.
Central section a 4-window range with an oriel window on first
and second floors: the second floor oriel carried on a stumpy
shaft.
Recessed slightly to left of this section a tower, with paired
windows to ground floor with terracotta low relief panels
over, paired shouldered mullioned and transomed windows above
and square-headed windows over with shields and terracotta
panels beneath high relieving arch. Terracotta panelled band
and corbelling to flat roof. Recessed left-hand bay with
paired windows on each floor.
Elevation to Kingsland Bridge of 7 bays, loosely symmetrical.
Central and outer bays advanced. Entrance in central bay, up
steps with terracotta balustrading. Wide moulded archway with
projecting 6-light mullioned and transomed window over
incorporating stained-glass figures, and ornate foliate
panels. Over the window, a curved timber cornice carried on
raking struts. Paired foiled lights and cinquefoils in wide
relieving arch beneath decorative panelling in gable apex.
Outer sections of this elevation each of 2 bays, similarly
composed.
Lower bays have basement storey with continuous hoodmould then
mullioned and transomed windows above, continuing across
chamfered outer corner on ground floor. Angles corbelled out
above this chamfer, with decorative terracotta panelling
above, and 3-light mullioned and transomed windows over.
2-light dormer window in projecting hipped roof.
Each projecting block has central flying buttress forming
stack. Recessed inner bays have lower doorways with mullioned
and transomed windows over, and gabled dormers with
overhanging eaves cornice carried on brackets.
A highly distinguished composition, skilfully articulated in a
predominantly High Victorian manner.
(The Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Shropshire:
Harmondsworth: 1958-).

Listing NGR: SJ4889612278

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26560713

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Recommended Books

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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)