Description

SJ 39 SE ORPHAN DRIVE
L6

4/863 Park
Hospital
(formerly listed
12.7.66 under Newsham
Park)

G.V. II

Seamen's Orphanage, now hospital. 1871-4.A. Waterhouse.
Common brick with red stone dressings, slate roof. A
symmetrical front of 19 bays. 1st to 3rd bays project, of 3
storeys with attics; 2-bay and 1-bay gables. 4th to 8th
bays of 2 storeys with attics. 9th bay projects, of 3
storeys with attic and gable. 10th to 14th bays of 2
storeys with attic. 15th to 18th bays recessed, of 3
storeys with attic. 18th bay slightly higher. 19th bay has
projecting 5-storey tower with pavilion roof. 1st floor
sill course and flush lintel band; 2nd floor will course to
1st 3 bays. Top bracketed cornice. Windows have mullions
and transoms, of 2 and 3 lights and flush relieving arches.
Canted 1st floor oriels with pierced parapets to 3rd, 9th
and 17th bays. 10th to 14th bays have tall 1st floor
windows of 3 cusped lights with 2 transoms between weathered
buttresses. 4th to 8th bays have half dormers and
alternating raking dormers. 10th to 14th bays have dormers.
Top louvred fleche and end stacks with projecting gables.
Tower has octagonal corner turret and top balustrade; canted
bay to ground floor. 5th floor pointed cusped windows with
checker work above. 3-bay-lean to porch to left return
adjoins 18th bay pointed entrance of 2 orders with ship
relief above, Relief of City arms on tower.

Listing NGR: SJ3796292029

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Newsham Park Hospital at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q7019647

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