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Royal Eye Hospital

A Grade II Listed Building in Ardwick, Manchester

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Coordinates

Latitude: 53.4621 / 53°27'43"N

Longitude: -2.2289 / 2°13'43"W

OS Eastings: 384900

OS Northings: 396171

OS Grid: SJ849961

Mapcode National: GBR DNP.1Y

Mapcode Global: WHB9N.Q7TR

Plus Code: 9C5VFQ6C+RC

Entry Name: Royal Eye Hospital

Listing Date: 3 October 1974

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1271459

English Heritage Legacy ID: 454844

ID on this website: 101271459

Location: Infirmary, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M13

County: Manchester

Electoral Ward/Division: Ardwick

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Manchester

Traditional County: Lancashire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Greater Manchester

Church of England Parish: Brunswick Christ Church

Church of England Diocese: Manchester

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Description


MANCHESTER

SJ8496 OXFORD ROAD, Chorlton-On-Medlock 698-1/21/610 (East side) 03/10/74 Royal Eye Hospital

GV II

Hospital. 1884-6, by Pennington and Brigden. Red brick with matching terracotta dressings, red tiled roofs. Large U-plan with receding wings. Queen Anne style in manner of Norman Shaw. Three storeys with basement and attic, 2:1:5:1:5:1:2 bays, symmetrical. Various types of Queen Anne ornament, including fluted friezes with sunflowers. The single-bay elements in the centre and flanking the main ranges are narrow canted stair-turrets, projecting slightly and finished with steeply-pitched hipped roofs and finials, and have tall 2-stage round-headed stair-windows with glazing bars, pilastered surrounds and pediments on consoles, and oeil-de-boeuf windows at attic level. The 5-bay main ranges have balustraded balconies to 1st floor, 2nd and 4th bays with pendent pilasters to the upper floors and pedimented half-dormers with paired windows, and mostly segmental-headed windows, those at 1st floor with cornices and those at 2nd floor with keystones. The end portions are gabled wings which have slightly raised centres, separated segmental-headed windows at ground floor, paired windows to the upper floors (the lower with canted balustraded balconies), and hipped roofs interrupted by pedimented gables which have terracotta panels with relief groups. Windows at ground floor are sashed with glazing bars but those to the upper floors have altered glazing. Tall narrow multiple-flue chimney stacks. Rear and interior not inspected. Forms group with Royal Infirmary to south (q.v.).

Listing NGR: SJ8490096171

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