Royal Eye Hospital
ROYAL EYE HOSPITAL, OXFORD ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1271459
- Date first listed:
- 03-Oct-1974
- List Entry Name:
- Royal Eye Hospital
- Statutory Address:
- ROYAL EYE HOSPITAL, OXFORD ROAD
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- Date:
- 1999-08-21
- Reference:
- IOE01/01615/16
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1271459
- Date first listed:
- 03-Oct-1974
- List Entry Name:
- Royal Eye Hospital
- Statutory Address 1:
- ROYAL EYE HOSPITAL, OXFORD 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:
- ROYAL EYE HOSPITAL, OXFORD ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Manchester (Metropolitan Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SJ 84900 96171
Details
MANCHESTER
SJ8496 OXFORD ROAD, Chorlton-On-Medlock 698-1/21/610 (East side) 03/10/74 Royal Eye Hospital
GV II
Hospital. 1884-6, by Pennington and Brigden. Red brick with matching terracotta dressings, red tiled roofs. Large U-plan with receding wings. Queen Anne style in manner of Norman Shaw. Three storeys with basement and attic, 2:1:5:1:5:1:2 bays, symmetrical. Various types of Queen Anne ornament, including fluted friezes with sunflowers. The single-bay elements in the centre and flanking the main ranges are narrow canted stair-turrets, projecting slightly and finished with steeply-pitched hipped roofs and finials, and have tall 2-stage round-headed stair-windows with glazing bars, pilastered surrounds and pediments on consoles, and oeil-de-boeuf windows at attic level. The 5-bay main ranges have balustraded balconies to 1st floor, 2nd and 4th bays with pendent pilasters to the upper floors and pedimented half-dormers with paired windows, and mostly segmental-headed windows, those at 1st floor with cornices and those at 2nd floor with keystones. The end portions are gabled wings which have slightly raised centres, separated segmental-headed windows at ground floor, paired windows to the upper floors (the lower with canted balustraded balconies), and hipped roofs interrupted by pedimented gables which have terracotta panels with relief groups. Windows at ground floor are sashed with glazing bars but those to the upper floors have altered glazing. Tall narrow multiple-flue chimney stacks. Rear and interior not inspected. Forms group with Royal Infirmary to south (q.v.).
Listing NGR: SJ8490096171
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 454844
- 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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