Description

TQ 2781 NW & NE CITY OF WESTMINSTER MARYLEBONE ROAD, NW1
42/117; 43/117 (south side)

Samaritan Hospital for
Women

- II

Hospital. 1889-90 by W.C. Habershon and F. Fawkner. Hard red brick and terracotta;
slate roof. Bold eclectic terracotta classicism with a symmetrical front dressed
with a giant pilaster order and provided with segmental bows. 3 and 4 storeys on
basement. Pedimented 4-window wide centrepiece flanked by slightly recessed bow-
windowed 3 storey wings. Rusticated ground floor-podium with central entablature
doorway flanked by narrow windows. Architraved windows, those on 1st floor of
centrepiece with pediments and balustraded aprons, articulated by giant Corinthian
pilasters rising to main entablature and boldly modelled pediment. The boys on wings
have architraved sash lights and balustraded parapets in front of 2nd floor architraved
windows. Rusticated quoins to wings, with crowning cornice and balustrading.

Listing NGR: TQ2752081808

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Samaritan Hospital For Women at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q26532766

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Recommended Books

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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)