Description

SHEFFIELD

SK38SW UNION ROAD
784-1/9/719 (West side)
Nether Edge Hospital, Kingswood
Building

GV II

Workhouse, now administration building at Nether Edge
Hospital. 1842-43, with later C19 additions and late C20
alterations. By William Flockton. Coursed squared stone with
ashlar dressings and steep pitched slate roofs with various
coped stone stacks. Tudor Revival style. H-plan.
EXTERIOR: plinth, first floor band, moulded eaves, coped
gables. 2 and 3 storeys; 25 window range. Windows are mainly
mullion windows with pointed lights in chamfered surrounds
with flat heads.
Projecting central block has a recessed entrance bay topped
with a shouldered dormer containing a clock. On the upper
floors, a 2-light window flanked by single windows. Central
moulded ashlar doorcase with segment-arched opening and
half-glazed double doors, flanked by single windows.
Projecting flanking wings have shouldered gables. 2 storey
canted bay windows with coped parapets, and a 4-light window
on each floor. Above, a smaller 4-light window, and in the
gable, a square panel.
Beyond, on either side, a flat-roofed wing, 2 storeys, with
angle buttresses and coped parapet. Two 2-light windows on
each floor.
Beyond again, at the rear of flanking courtyards, set back
wings, 3 storeys; 7 window range. Three 2-light windows
flanked by single windows on the upper floors. Below, roofless
arcades with elliptical arches and crenellated parapet with
bosses.
At each end, projecting wings, 3 storeys, with shouldered
coped gables. On each floor, a 4-light window. Left wing
return, 7 windows, has to the rear a range of single storey
buildings, L-plan. Right wing return has a 3 storey addition
in the same style.
INTERIOR has entrance hall with moulded cornice and quatrefoil
cast-iron columns.
This building was originally built as the Ecclesall Union
Workhouse.

Listing NGR: SK3373284937

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26560885

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Recommended Books

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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy