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John Wood's Hospital, 9-20 Woodlaw Park, Upper Largo

A Category B Listed Building in Leven, Kennoway and Largo, Fife

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Coordinates

Latitude: 56.2213 / 56°13'16"N

Longitude: -2.9289 / 2°55'44"W

OS Eastings: 342494

OS Northings: 703575

OS Grid: NO424035

Mapcode National: GBR 2L.D1XM

Mapcode Global: WH7SH.ZWFL

Plus Code: 9C8V63CC+GC

Entry Name: John Wood's Hospital, 9-20 Woodlaw Park, Upper Largo

Listing Name: Upper Largo St Andrew's Road Wood's Hospital

Listing Date: 1 March 1984

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 341202

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB8968

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Upper Largo, 9-20 Woodlaw Park, John Wood's Hospital

ID on this website: 200341202

Location: Largo

County: Fife

Electoral Ward: Leven, Kennoway and Largo

Parish: Largo

Traditional County: Fife

Tagged with: Hospital building

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Description

James Leslie, civil engineer, 1830. Jacobethan; polished ashlar.

2 storeys, 13 bays symmetrical front, 3-3-1-3-3. Central advanced gabled bay with door and 2 flanking latticed bipartites, all under 4-centred arched hoodmoulds, stepped string course and large 1st floor tripartite with multi-pane glazing. Y-tracery and ogee hoodmould. Skews with decorative cusping below and scrolled crockets, central birdcage pinnacle (repeated to north) and obelisk terminal pinnacles. Outer bays in groups of 3 with shallow advanced central gabled bay housing door (modern) under 4-centred arch with Y-traceried fan-light. String course above and cill course to central 1st floor window. Hoodmoulds to ground floor and 1st central windows; outer 1st floor windows with wall-head gablets. Original glazing pattern. All gablets finialled; straight skews, stacks with panelled plinths and sets of 4 octagonal flues, slate roof. End gables with 1 blind window to ground and 1st floor. Rear additions. Interior altered. Set in walled grounds. Octagonal piers to carriage and pedestrian entrances; single storey out building set into wall at north east.

Statement of Interest

Replaced similar hospital of 1665 by Robert Mylne.

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