Cross Houses Hospital, That Part Used As Hospital Administration Block, Staff Accommodation and Parts of Wards Numbers 1B (Lyth Hill Ward) , 2A (Breidden Ward) , 2B (Grinshill Ward) And 3A (Ragleth Ward)
CROSS HOUSES HOSPITAL, THAT PART USED AS HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION BLOCK, STAFF ACCOMMODATION AND PARTS OF WARDS NOS 1B (LYTH HILL WARD), 2A (BREIDDEN WARD), 2B (GRINSHILL WARD) AND 3A (RAGLETH WARD), A458 CROSS HOUSES
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1055582
- Date first listed:
- 03-Apr-1986
- List Entry Name:
- Cross Houses Hospital, That Part Used As Hospital Administration Block, Staff Accommodation and Parts of Wards Numbers 1B (Lyth Hill Ward) , 2A (Breidden Ward) , 2B (Grinshill Ward) And 3A (Ragleth Ward)
- Statutory Address:
- CROSS HOUSES HOSPITAL, THAT PART USED AS HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION BLOCK, STAFF ACCOMMODATION AND PARTS OF WARDS NOS 1B (LYTH HILL WARD), 2A (BREIDDEN WARD), 2B (GRINSHILL WARD) AND 3A (RAGLETH WARD), A458 CROSS HOUSES
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1055582
- Date first listed:
- 03-Apr-1986
- List Entry Name:
- Cross Houses Hospital, That Part Used As Hospital Administration Block, Staff Accommodation and Parts of Wards Numbers 1B (Lyth Hill Ward) , 2A (Breidden Ward) , 2B (Grinshill Ward) And 3A (Ragleth Ward)
- Statutory Address 1:
- CROSS HOUSES HOSPITAL, THAT PART USED AS HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION BLOCK, STAFF ACCOMMODATION AND PARTS OF WARDS NOS 1B (LYTH HILL WARD), 2A (BREIDDEN WARD), 2B (GRINSHILL WARD) AND 3A (RAGLETH WARD), A458 CROSS HOUSES
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For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- CROSS HOUSES HOSPITAL, THAT PART USED AS HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION BLOCK, STAFF ACCOMMODATION AND PARTS OF WARDS NOS 1B (LYTH HILL WARD), 2A (BREIDDEN WARD), 2B (GRINSHILL WARD) AND 3A (RAGLETH WARD), A458 CROSS HOUSES
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Berrington
- National Grid Reference:
- SJ 53863 07567
Details
SJ 50 NW
SJ 5386 0756
3/35
BERRINGTON C.P.
A458, CROSS HOUSES (northeast side)
Cross Houses Hospital, that part used as hospital administration block, staff accommodation and parts of Wards Nos 1B (Lyth Hill Ward), 2A (Breidden Ward), 2B (Grinshill Ward) and 3A (Ragleth Ward)
3.4.86
II
Workhouse, now part of hospital. 1792-93, by J.H. Haycock (1759-1850) of Shrewsbury.
Red brick with hipped slate roof. H-plan. Three storeys. Dentil brick eaves cornice; brick stack behind ridge off-centre to right and brick ridge stack to right. 2:7:2 bays with projecting end pavilions; glazing bar sashes with painted brick flat arches, second floor window in third bay from left replaced by three casements in late C20. Central blocked segmental-headed archway with pair of C20 glazed doors; doors in pavilions between second and third and ninth and tenth bays with four flush panels and painted brick flat arches. Two wings projecting at rear.
Built as the Atcham Union Workhouse with later additions of 1851 or 1871 and 1903 (not of special architectural interest).
Listing NGR: SJ5386307567
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 259687
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Page, W, The Victoria History of the County of Shropshire, (1908), 17
Colvin, H M, A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600-1840, (1978), 407
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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