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WIGAN

SD50NE WIGAN LANE
24-1/2/122 (West side)
24/08/94 Royal Albert Edward Infirmary, with
attached kitchen to rear

II

Main entrance block of hospital. Dated 1873 on porch; altered
and extended. Red brick in Flemish bond with some blue brick,
sandstone dressings, slate mansard roofs. T-plan formed by
main range facing east with rear wing (housing kitchen).
Gothic style.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys plus tower, 3 wide bays, symmetrical:
recessed centre with central tower flanked by square wings
with gabled centres breaking forwards. Chamfered plinth,
chamfered sillbands and 4 blue brick bands to both floors, and
machicolated eaves cornice. The centre has a rectangular porch
with diagonal buttresses, embattled parapet and 2-centred
arched doorway with chunky semi-columns which have stiff-leaf
caps, an extrados inscribed "OPENED BY THEIR ROYAL HIGHNESSES
THE PRINCE & PRINCESS OF WALES JUNE 4, 1873", a hood-mould and
a steep gable rising through the parapet with a carved shield
in the apex. Above the porch is a 2-centred arch with
polychrome head containing a window of 2 arched lights; above
this a square tower with a lancet window, machicolation, a
clockface under a gablet, and a saddleback roof. The wings
each have a rectangular bay window at ground floor and a tall
2-centred arched window above, both with 3-light sashes.
Kitchen wing to rear.
INTERIOR: entrance hall lined with marble tablets listing
subscribers.

Listing NGR: SD5842706977