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Cottage Hospital and Institute

A Grade II Listed Building in Almondsbury, South Gloucestershire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.5537 / 51°33'13"N

Longitude: -2.568 / 2°34'4"W

OS Eastings: 360715

OS Northings: 184021

OS Grid: ST607840

Mapcode National: GBR JR.FBRV

Mapcode Global: VH888.F6RR

Plus Code: 9C3VHC3J+FR

Entry Name: Cottage Hospital and Institute

Listing Date: 5 December 1984

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1128867

English Heritage Legacy ID: 35124

ID on this website: 101128867

Location: Almondsbury, South Gloucestershire, BS32

County: South Gloucestershire

Civil Parish: Almondsbury

Built-Up Area: Filton

Traditional County: Gloucestershire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Gloucestershire

Church of England Parish: Almondsbury and Olveston

Church of England Diocese: Bristol

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Description



ST 68 SW ALMONDSBURY GLOUCESTER ROAD (south east side)

12/30 Cottage Hospital and Institute

G.V. II

Hospital, 1891 by C.E. Ponting. Brick with stone dressings, plain tiled and
lead roofs. Asymetrical cruciform plan with rear side wing. Renaissance and
Queen Anne details in the style of Norman Shaw. 2 storeys and 3 windows under
gable with ball finialsto each side, coped verges with central stepped finial,
central block breaks forward with large bay window containing door with transom
light and wooden key with panel containing swag and festooned fruit under
cornice, small window to side with brick relieving arch and decorative stone
apron, wooden balustraded balcony, central mullion and transom casement with
glazing bars and top lights at 1st floor level with decorative stone head and
jamb shafts in angled brick. Clock tower to right has door in stone round arch
with key, memorial plaque above in cased and swept architrave, broken scrolled
pediment over, clock at 2nd floor level in scrolled and foliate stone surround
with plain pediment over and decorative brickwork, open arcade of 4 x 4 round-
headed arches under cornice which breaks forward at corners, brick parapet and
lead cupola with bell and weathervane. Left wing has shaped gable with stone
fan finial, coped verges and ball finials to sides, irregular windows all with
glazing bars and stone aprons, continuous stone weathered string, stepped stack
at corner. Right wing has ground floor oval window in decorative brick
surround with stone segmental open pediment, slit windows to clock tower at 1st
and 2nd floor. Rear wing has small lead cupola and dormers at rear.
Interior: dog leg stair with flat balusters and decorative newel at ground
floor, boxed handrail; moulded beams with large moulded stops, 6 panelled doors
in lugged architraves with pediments over at ground floor. (Sources: Verey, D.
: Buildings of England, Gloucestershire : The Vale and The Forest of Dean.
1970).


Listing NGR: ST6071584021

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