University Hospital Galway

Nurses' home in Galway, Ireland, dating from 1930–1940

Detached Art Deco former nurses' home, built 1933-38, in hospital complex. Comprises twelve-bay three-storey wings flanking with rounded ends, flanking seven-bay four-storey central block, middle entrance bay of latter block projecting slightly outwards and upwards. Ten-bay four-storey return to west meets main block via stepped profile connecting bay. Multiple recent additions to rear of corrugated sheet metal construction. Flat roofs throughout having concrete coped parapets, concealed gutters and cast-iron rainwater goods (downpipes). Open concrete-roofed balconies to end bays of main block. Roughcast render to walls with exception of front block which is coursed rock-faced granite blockwork including plinth and pilasters, latter concrete-capped and separating ground floor of wings into seven bays and also flanking main bays of entrance block. Square-headed window openings, with concrete sills and mullioned-and-transomed timber casement windows to upper floors. Tooled and treated stone surrounds to ground floor bays having chamfered sills, pilaster-style jambs, plain cornice over fluted frieze, with replacement uPVC windows and French doors. Rounded end bays to ground floor, with square-profile column to open porch to east end and timber bowed casement windows to west. Treated stonework surround to vertical ribbon stairwell window of entrance bay, with stone surrounds, mulli

Type:
Nurses' home

Period:
1930–1940

Where:
Galway, Ireland

Coordinates:
53.28°N, 9.06°W

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