Rochford Hospital Main Block, Comprising the Broom and Dowsett Wards
ROCHFORD HOSPITAL MAIN BLOCK, COMPRISING THE BROOM AND DOWSETT WARDS, DALYS ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1227532
- Date first listed:
- 11-Oct-1993
- List Entry Name:
- Rochford Hospital Main Block, Comprising the Broom and Dowsett Wards
- Statutory Address:
- ROCHFORD HOSPITAL MAIN BLOCK, COMPRISING THE BROOM AND DOWSETT WARDS, DALYS ROAD
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- Date:
- 1999-09-02
- Reference:
- IOE01/00635/08
- Rights:
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Official list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1227532
- Date first listed:
- 11-Oct-1993
- List Entry Name:
- Rochford Hospital Main Block, Comprising the Broom and Dowsett Wards
- Statutory Address 1:
- ROCHFORD HOSPITAL MAIN BLOCK, COMPRISING THE BROOM AND DOWSETT WARDS, DALYS 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:
- ROCHFORD HOSPITAL MAIN BLOCK, COMPRISING THE BROOM AND DOWSETT WARDS, DALYS ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Essex
- District:
- Rochford (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Rochford
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ 87409 90805
Details
DALYS ROAD TQ 8790 (south side) Rochford Hospital 15/10002 Main Block, compriing the Broom and Dowsett Wards II Hospital administration and ward block. Dated 1938 on foundation stone to the left of the main entrance;in full use by 1946-7.Designed by F W Smith.Brick in English bond with flat roofs; projecting cornice to apsidal bays. Metal windows of an original design; metal and glass parapets to first-floor balconies and terraces to south. Two storeys. Long block on east-west axis serves as principle range; dominated by four apsidal projections, sun lounges, each with floor-to-ceiling glazing similar to those of the nearby Johnson block. A shallow rectangular bay to lounge between each outer pair of projections: floor-to-ceiling glazing and glass parapet to first-floor balcony. Flat-arched entrance in centre leading to shallow, rectangular entrance courtyard. Narrow wings stretch northwards from the rear of the rectangular bays to frame a rectangular block that terminates in a hemicycle containing cafeteria and kitchen facilities. All openings flat arched. The amount of glazing considerably reduced to the north elevations, where the chief architectural interest consists in the low, neatly designed and well proportioned blocks; the cafeteria block alone has extensive glazing, with clerestorey to hemicycle. The emphasis on reduced elemental geometries and walls of glass show the clear influence of International Modernism.
Listing NGR: TQ8740990805
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 352194
- 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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