Hospital/infirmary

Hospital/infirmary in Wexford, Ireland, dating from 1860–1870

Detached fifty-nine-bay two- and three-storey over part raised basement lunatic asylum, built 1863-6; opened 1868, on an asymmetrical plan centred on thirteen-bay (six-bay deep) three-storey central block with three-bay three-storey projecting end bay (north) or single-bay five-stage tower on a square plan (south); fifteen-bay three-storey wings centred on three-bay three-storey breakfronts; single-bay five-stage towers on square plans abutting two-bay (five-bay deep) three-storey projecting end bays; six-bay two-storey over raised basement "pavilions". "Improved", 1895-1900; 1915, producing present composition. Hipped slate roofs on a U-shaped plan; hipped slate roofs on T-shaped plans centred on hipped slate roofs (wings); hipped slate roofs ("pavilions"), clay ridge tiles, and cast-iron rainwater goods on slightly overhanging timber boarded box eaves on yellow brick-detailed red brick cornice retaining cast-iron downpipes. Tuck pointed red brick English Garden Wall bond walls on cut-granite chamfered cushion course on rock faced granite ashlar battered base with cut-granite flush quoins to corners; cut-granite (first floor) or yellow brick (second floor) stringcourses; tuck pointed red brick English Garden Wall bond walls ("pavilions") on cut-granite chamfered cushion courses on tuck pointed snecked rock faced limestone bases with cut-granite flush quoins to corners. Series

Type:
Hospital/infirmary

Period:
1860–1870

Where:
Wexford, Ireland

Coordinates:
52.49°N, 6.56°W

More places nearby

Explore this and over 1.8 million other heritage records on Fornland, the free map of cultural heritage across northern and central Europe.