Description

SAFFRON WALDEN

TL5438 RADWINTER ROAD
669-1/2/324 (North side)
10/09/82 Saffron Walden Community Hospital
(Formerly Listed as:
RADWINTER ROAD
Saffron Walden Hospital)

II

Union workhouse, now hospital. 1837. James Clephan, after
Sampson Kempthorne's model plan of 1835. Minor later C19
additions to N and NW. Yellow stockbrick, main roofs C20
asbestos sheet, lower roofs slate. Some stacks rebuilt in red
brick. Cruciform plan, the N and S wings longer. 3 storeys
with single storey ranges enclosing courtyards in angles.
Ocatagonal central block, square pavilions terminating each
wing, stacks at apex of roofs, that to W missing. 2-course
raised string band at level of springing of window arches to
each storey. Round-arched windows grouped in threes with some
additional single windows with small-paned metal glazing with
radial hopper-heads; some C20 replacement and alterations,
especially to S entrance elevation. INTERIOR retains
cantilevered stone stairs with iron balustrades.
Slightly later detached casualty ward to SW, now workshop and
stores. Slate roof, yellow brick, single storey, stack to NE
corner. High level round timber pivoting windows to sides,
some altered to W. INTERIOR with central axial corridor,
sliding doors to former cells each with iron ventilation
grille above. 2 cells survive intact. Late C20 linked
extension to E. Built for 311 inmates, cost approx 7500
pounds.
(Kelly's Directory of Essex, 1866; Saffron Walden Union Minute
Book VI, 1835-37: G/SW/M1).

Listing NGR: TL5500438614

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26490772

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)