Description

TG 20 NE
1832/2/10003
31.10.85

TROWSE WITH NEWTON
KIRBY ROAD
(North side, off)
Whitlingham Hospital service buildings, block 03

GV
II

Service buildings, formerly carriage house and outbuildings. c1865, with additions and alterations c1905 and c1960. Red brick, with yellow brick and ashlar dressings and plain tile roofs with coped gables. Renaissance Revival style. Single storey plus attics, L-plan. Almost windowless. Main range, running east-west, has pilasters and angle pilasters, and a panelled frieze below a brick eaves cornice. West end slightly lower than the remainder. North side has a central formal entrance with a projection, 3 bays, containing a round arched carriage opening with faceted keystone, under a pediment. Blocking course with urn finials. Panelled round arched double doors. On each side, a round arched niche with impost band and faceted keystone, on a shaped bracket. Above, 2 box dormers, and to right, a paired stack matching those of the house.
On the south side, an octagonal clock tower, 4 stages, with ashlar string courses and intermediate cornices. Single flat headed windows on the lower stages. Octagonal wooden bell turret with louvred openings alternating with clock dials. Ogee copper dome with finial. To right, an open arcade and loggia, 3:1:3 bays, running north-south. Central round arched entrance and steps with tile detail. Interior has steel truss roof.

Listing NGR: TG2556906923

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26657335

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Recommended Books

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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)