Newmarket General Hospital
NEWMARKET GENERAL HOSPITAL, EXNING ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1193799
- Date first listed:
- 26-Jun-1984
- List Entry Name:
- Newmarket General Hospital
- Statutory Address:
- NEWMARKET GENERAL HOSPITAL, EXNING ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1193799
- Date first listed:
- 26-Jun-1984
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 14-Nov-1997
- List Entry Name:
- Newmarket General Hospital
- Statutory Address 1:
- NEWMARKET GENERAL HOSPITAL, EXNING ROAD
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.
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:
- NEWMARKET GENERAL HOSPITAL, EXNING ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Suffolk
- District:
- West Suffolk (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Newmarket
- National Grid Reference:
- TL 63767 64160
Details
TL 66 SW NEWMARKET EXNING ROAD
(North East side)
177/4/91 Newmarket General Hospital
(Formerly listed as: EXNING
ROAD (North East side) Newmarket
General Hospital quadrangular
block containing Administration,
Nurses Homes A and B, and
Training School)
GV 26/06/84 II
Also known as: White Lodge Hospital EXNING ROAD
Workhouse, now disused hospital. 1837, with later C19 and C20 alterations. Yellow brick, with ashlar and brick dressings and slate roofs. Coped brick side wall and ridge stacks. Plinth, dentillated eaves. 2 storeys, with ranges of different heights. 19 windows, arranged 3:4:4:5:3. Windows are mainly round headed glazing bar sashes.
Central entrance block flanked by side ranges with end pavilions. Returns enclosing a courtyard.
Higher entrance block has first floor and impost bands and pedimented gable. Rear gable has a datestone and a square wooden bell turret with round arched openings and a weather vane in the shape of a racehorse. Slightly projecting centre bay with elliptical arched carriage opening, now panelled and with a glazing bar fanlight. On each side, a window. All these openings have imposts and keystones. Above, 4 windows arranged 1:2:1.
Beyond, on each side, a canted brick bay window, c1902, with round arched openings. To left, 5 windows. To right, an inserted door, then 3 windows. Above, 4 glazing bar sashes with brick flat arches. To right, 5 similar windows, and some later insertions.
End pavilions have 3 windows on each floor, with impost bands. Returns have similar fenestration minus the bands. Rear ranges have altered fenestration below, and regular fenestration above. Wide bracketed eaves to inner elevations, protecting former first floor walkway.
The rear ranges were originally linked by 2 further ranges, forming 2 enclosed yards, only part of on of these linking ranges survives, reduced to a single storey.
Listing NGR: TL6376764160
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 275651
- Legacy System:
- LBS
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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