NHER 34339 (Building record) - Wayland Hospital
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TM09NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | ATTLEBOROUGH, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
Constructed as a very late example of a poor law infirmary, an overflow to the union workhouse, in 1911 to 1912 by H. T. Green (despite being marked as a building under construction on the 1953 provisional series 6 inch Ordnance Survey map (S1)). Still retained the male/female structural division, here the boiler room was on the male side and the laundry on the female side. Neo Georgian style, seven bays three storey centre block with pediment, central door with hood, stacks equally spaced. Two storey wings with single bay projections, verandah balconies connect the projections with the centre. Pantile roofs.
See (S2). (S3) in file.
E. Rose (NLA) 9 April 1999.
November 2004. Brief inspection of façade.
Use of terracotta in façade particularly for inscription 'Erected AD 1912' in pediment; and balconies mentioned above are supported on concrete columns, an early use if original.
E. Rose (NLA) 15 November 2004.
2005.
Permission granted to demolish.
(S4) in file.
E. Rose (NLA) 21 April 2005.
November 2005. Building demolished.
E. Rose (NLA) 1 December 2005.
Associated Sources (8)
- --- SNF49212 Drawing: Various. Various. Architectural plans.
- --- SNF58067 Newspaper Article: 2002. Eastern Daily Press. 11 May.
- --- SNF58068 Newspaper Article: 2003. Eastern Daily Press.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF48659 Map: Ordnance Survey, First Edition, 6 Inch. 1879-1886. Ordnance Survey 1st Edition 6 inch map..
- <S2> SNF47537 Publication: Richardson, H.. 1988. English Hospitals 1600-1948. p 71.
- <S3> SNF47538 Newspaper Article: 1983. Eastern Daily Press. 2 September.
- <S4> SNF53493 Photograph: Unknown. 2004. Building Photograph.
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Record last edited
Feb 7 2011 10:53AM