Description

ST ANDREW'S ROAD
1.
5278
St Andrew's House at
Oakwood Hospital
TQ 75 NW 8/170
II

2.
1833. Architect John Whichcord. 3 storeys ashlar. A long building with a
projecting centre and 2 flanking wings. Stringcourses above ground and 1st
floors. Cornice and parapet. The latter is slightly higher over the centre
of the wings. Behind these higher portions are octagonal turrets on the centre
of the roof. Pediment over the centre block with a clock face in the tympanum.
2-storey portico in front of this block with square columns, 3 arches on both
floors in the front, those on the ground floor round-headed, those on the 1st
floor square-headed, the sides of the ground floor solid, but of the 1st floor
open with square-headed arches. Cornice over the whole portico. Glazing bars
intact throughout the whole front and also iron grilles over the windows.
Large recessed wings of 25 windows each at each end, probably a later addition.
They are similar to the main wing, with end projections of 3 windows each.

Listing NGR: TQ7357655006

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26376497

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Recommended Books

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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)