Langthorne Hospital (Main Original Block) (Formerly West Ham Union Workhouse)
LANGTHORNE HOSPITAL (MAIN ORIGINAL BLOCK) (FORMERLY WEST HAM UNION WORKHOUSE), LANGTHORNE ROAD E11
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1191099
- Date first listed:
- 24-Feb-1987
- Statutory Address:
- LANGTHORNE HOSPITAL (MAIN ORIGINAL BLOCK) (FORMERLY WEST HAM UNION WORKHOUSE), LANGTHORNE ROAD E11
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1191099
- Date first listed:
- 24-Feb-1987
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 15-Sept-1987
- Statutory Address 1:
- LANGTHORNE HOSPITAL (MAIN ORIGINAL BLOCK) (FORMERLY WEST HAM UNION WORKHOUSE), LANGTHORNE ROAD E11
Location
- Statutory Address:
- LANGTHORNE HOSPITAL (MAIN ORIGINAL BLOCK) (FORMERLY WEST HAM UNION WORKHOUSE), LANGTHORNE ROAD E11
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Greater London Authority
- District:
- Waltham Forest (London Borough)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ 39014 85919
Details
LANGTHORNE ROAD 2/51 Leyton, Ell (North side)
Langthorne Hospital (main, original block)
The address shall be amended to read:- LANGTHORNE ROAD Leytonstone, Ell (North side)
Langthorne Hospital (main original block) (Formerly West Ham Union Workhouse)
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TQ 38 NE LANGTHORNE ROAD Leyton, Ell 2/51 (north side)
- Langthorne Hospital (main, original block)
GV II
Former workhouse, now hospital. 1840. Stock brick, white brick and some stucco dressings. Low pitched slate roof to eaves, with parapets to projecting bays. 3 storeys. 19 bays; advanced giant pilastered centrepiece of 3 bays with splayed sides, pediment and clock. End bays also advanced and pedimented with giant pila- sters rising through first and second floors. Fifth and fifteenth bays also advanced, with pedimental blocking courses. Central tripartite pilastered entrance with stucco architrave, carried up to tripartite window above and to clock. Similar stucco architraves to other projecting bays, which also have rusticated brick quoins. Segmental headed windows, set in segmental reveals to advanced bays. Sashes, plate glass. Formerly West Ham Union Workhouse. VCH.
Listing NGR: TQ3901485919
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 206906
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Doubleday, AH, Page, W, The Victoria History of the County of Essex, (1903)
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