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SO 74 NE
943/12/10018

MALVERN
HOSPITAL BANK (North side)
Redwood Cottage, Redwood House and Redwood Lodge

(Formerly listed as Redwood House, previously listed as Malvern Rural Hospital)

18.05.00

II

Former cottage hospital, later used as boys'club. 1868; by George C. Haddon of Malvern; altered 1891. Brick polychromy, red brick with buff-coloured and blue brick bands and details and granite basement. Clay plain tile roof with gabled ends and crested ridgetiles. Brick axial and gable-end stacks with set-offs. Metal ventilators with conical tops on ridge.

PLAN: Pavilion plan with central entrance and flanking male and female wards; raised on service rooms in the basement.
High Victorian Gothic style.

EXTERIOR: Single storey and basement. Symmetrical 1:3:1 bay south front , the taller centre three bays projects with central pointed arch doorway with Gothic fanlight, plank door and gabled timber canopy on brackets, approached by flight of steps with iron rails; segmental-headed windows to left and right; flanking wings set back with large pointed arch windows with pierced stone tympanae in gables; two-light sash windows without glazing bars. Gabled rear elevation, the larger centre gable with pointed arch window with stone tympanum, the recessed bays between the gables infilled in 1891.

INTERIOR: Plastered entrance hall and axial passage has pointed arches and quarry tile floor. Lofty wards. Chimneypieces removed. Wrought-iron balustrade to basement stairs. Simple fireplaces in basement, one with iron grate.

SOURCE: Embleton, R.M., Malvern Rural Hospital.

Listing NGR: SO7753447392

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26660528

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Recommended Books

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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)