Record Details

NHER Number:68151
Type of record:Building
Name:East Wards at the Great Hospital

Summary

The East Wards were built during the 1820s as part of a wider 19th-century expansion of the Great Hospital. This single-storey, yellow brick range has a slate roof and ribbed, double-leaf doors that are deeply recessed in projecting porches.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TG 2379 0905
Map Sheet:TG20NW
Parish:NORWICH, NORWICH, NORFOLK

Full description

The East Wards were built as part of the 19th-century expansion of the Great Hospital and form the eastern side of eastern countyard.
Previously recorded (in error) under NHER 26088.

June 1972. Listed, Grade II.
Listing Description excerpt:
"Wards, now meeting rooms etc. 1820s. Yellow brick; slate roof; two brick end chimneys and one ridge stack. Single storey eight-window range, symmetrical. Central blind recess with drip mould is flanked by Tudor style four-light casements also with hood moulds arranged 1:2:2:1. Ribbed double-leaf doors deeply recessed in projecting porches with pediments to right and left, Plain parapet with central pediment."
Information from (S1).
Please consult the National Heritage List for England (S1) for the current listing details.
P. Watkins (HES), 8 March 2024.

Monument Types

  • HOSPITAL (19th Century - 1820 AD (between) to 1829 AD (between))

Associated Finds - none

Protected Status

  • Listed Building

Sources and further reading

<S1>Designation: Historic England. National Heritage List for England. List Entry 1372741.

Related records

624Part of: Precinct of the Great Hospital (Monument)
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