Description

SHEFFIELD

SK38SW ECCLESALL ROAD SOUTH
784-1/9/296 (South East side)
Central block at Hollis Hospital

GV II

Central block at Hollis Hospital, now old people's home. 1903.
By Howard C Clarke. Red brick, with coursed squared stone
plinth, rendered panels and sham timber framing with rendered
nogging. Hipped and gabled plain tile roofs with 4 brick ridge
stacks with multiple corbelled lozenge-shaped flues.
Vernacular Revival style.
2 storeys plus attics; 4 window range. Square plan.
Windows are mainly plain sashes. Central bay has a
timber-framed gable with a single small casement. On the first
floor, a recessed inscribed panel flanked by segment-headed
2-light windows. Below, a half-glazed double door with
fanlight, flanked by canted wooden bay windows, all under a
hipped tiled canopy. Outside, stone steps with turned wooden
balustrade. Beyond, on either side, a 2 storey square bay
window with a timber-framed gable and a 3-light mullioned
window on each floor. Each return has a central projecting
gabled bay.
INTERIOR not inspected.
The hospital was established by Thomas Hollis in 1703.

Listing NGR: SK3129282666

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26628615

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