Western facade of former Dorking Hospital

Shearburn Lodge, Downsview Gardens, Dorking, RH4 2DX

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1229821
Date first listed:: 11-Jun-1973
List Entry Name:: Western facade of former Dorking Hospital
Statutory Address:: Shearburn Lodge, Downsview Gardens, Dorking, RH4 2DX

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Date:: 2001-05-13
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1229821
Date first listed:: 11-Jun-1973
List Entry Name:: Western facade of former Dorking Hospital
Statutory Address 1:: Shearburn Lodge, Downsview Gardens, Dorking, RH4 2DX

This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

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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.

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Location

Statutory Address:: Shearburn Lodge, Downsview Gardens, Dorking, RH4 2DX

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County:: Surrey
District:: Mole Valley (District Authority)
Parish:: Non Civil Parish
National Grid Reference:: TQ 16502 48718

Details

This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 25 February 2025 to amend the name and address and reformat the text to current standards.

TQ 1648 5/206

DOWNSVIEW GARDENS Shearburn Lodge Western facade of former Dorking Hospital

(Formerly listed as Western facade of Dorking General Hospital, SOUTH TERRACE)

II 1839-41. W Shearburn, architect. Originally the Institution or Workhouse. Five bays. Stuccoed. Pedimented centre and wings, both projecting. Two storeys. Centre wing with first storey of three windows projecting and supported by prostyle portico of four Doric columns and two pillars (and two returning columns) with entablature over. Central doorway on ground floor flanked by two sash windows. Door with rectangular fanlight; door with glazing above; flat hood over on brackets. Entablature above portico returning behind and then crossing recessed bay on either side of central wing to form a parapet. Recessed bay of two storeys. One window above and door below (identical to central door). Cornice and main parapet. End wings of two storeys and one window with rectangular pediment over and band above first floor. All windows sash with glazing bars intact.

Listing NGR: TQ1650248718

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Legacy System number:: 404645
Legacy System:: LBS

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This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.