Description

SK28NE
784-1/4/622
28/06/73

SHEFFIELD
RIVELIN VALLEY ROAD
(North side)
King Edward VII Orthopaedic Hospital

GV
II

Orthopaedic hospital. 1913, with mid and late C20 alterations.
By AW Kenyon. Coursed squared stone with hipped pantile roofs.
2 large ridge, side wall and rear wall coped stacks.
Neo-Georgian style.
EXTERIOR: moulded plinth, string course, sillband and moulded
eaves. Central block flanked by wings in 2 steps. At either
end, a pavilion at right angles. Beyond, at either end, V-plan
loggias. Central block, 3 storey plus attics; 5 window range.
20-pane sashes with cornices and above, 12 pane sashes. Above
again, box dormers with 16 pane sashes. Central pedimented
doorcase flanked by two 20 pane sashes with keystones.
Returns have 2 ground floor windows and 2 dormers, with single
windows to intermediate floors. At the rear, a single storey
kitchen, 6 x 6 windows, with 3 ridge stacks. 2 storey wings
have three 20 pane sashes on each floor. Slightly projecting
outer wings, single storey plus attics, have 5 French windows,
the central one corniced, and 5 box dormers. Pavilions have
arcades of paired Doric columns covering 3 C20 windows flanked
by single French windows. At the rear, five 20-pane sashes.
Beyond, at either end, a mid C20 covered corridor to a pair of
loggias arranged in V-formation, with Doric colonnades. The
openings of the right loggia have mid C20 infill panels and
glazing.
INTERIOR has pilastered entrance hall with coved panelled
ceiling. At the rear, a 3-bay Doric arcade of marbled wooden
piers with 3 fanlights above. Facing the entrance, a shell
headed niche. Large reeded stone fireplace. 4 high relief
panels of symbolic figures.
(The Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Yorkshire: The West
Riding: London: 1967-: 464).

Listing NGR: SK2958287495

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• King Edward VII Orthopaedic Hospital, Sheffield at Wikipedia
• King Edward VII Orthopaedic Hospital, Sheffield official website
• Wikidata Q6411499

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Recommended Books

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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
• 
  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
• 
  The Shredded Chef: 120 Recipes for Building Muscle, Getting Lean, and Staying Healthy
• 
  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)