Description

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SE 1532
45/767

SE 1531 NE
55/767

LITTLE HORTON LANE (east side) BD5
B C D and E Blocks at St Luke's Hospital

28.1.83

II

Lockwood and Mawson additions to the workhouse complex of circa 1860-70, necessitated by the population explosion, attendant on the trade boom of the 1860s. Four detached panelled, three storey ranges set at right angles to rear of main building. Similar Italianate detailing, the design related to contemporary mill buildings, in particular the stair turrets. Sandstone "brick" with ashlar dressings. Sill bands, first floor impost string, bracketed eaves cornice. Archivolt keyed arch first floor windows. Stair turrets with narrow round headed tripartite grouped windows. Pediment gable centre breaks to both fronts of each range. Heavy bracket corniced portals similar to those on main building. D Block has a doorway with cornice on long carved console brackets. Slate roofs with corniced ashlar chimneys.

Listing NGR: SE1585531951

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26425969

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Recommended Books

• 
  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)