Dorchester County Hospital (Main Block Only) Dorchester, England
Listed Building Data
Dorchester County Hospital (Main Block Only) has been designated a Grade II listed building in England with the following information, which has been imported from the National Heritage List for England. Please note that not all available data may be shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.
- List Entry ID
- 1219749
- Listing Type
- listed building
- Grade
- II
- Date Listed
- 8 May 1975
- Name
- DORCHESTER COUNTY HOSPITAL (MAIN BLOCK ONLY)
- Location
- DORCHESTER COUNTY HOSPITAL (MAIN BLOCK ONLY), SOMERLEIGH ROAD
- Parish
- Dorchester
- District
- West Dorset
- County
- Dorset
- Grid Reference
- SY 69098 90604
- Easting
- 369098.0000
- Northing
- 90604.0000
Listed Building Description
Text courtesy of Historic England. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.
SOMERLEIGH ROAD 1. 5191 (East Side) Dorchester County Hospital (Main block only) SY 6990 7/287 II 2. Founded 1838, and designed shortly after. North wing opened May 1841: centre l846: South wing 1859: chapel 1862. Architect: Benjamin Ferrey. Portland hammerdressed stone. Ashlar quoins. Pitched tile roofs. Ashlar chimneys with diagonally placed stacks. Coped stone gable ends with scrolled and fluted kneelers. 2 storeys and attics. Continuous dripmould above ground floor. U-shaped main block, with wings projecting west. Main range has 3 projecting bays, centre one projecting most, and all 3 with gable crowning 3rd storey. Central projecting bay has modern door in 4 centred arch with moulded jambs and voussiors: recessed moulded panel at dripstone level bearing armorial coat and motto in relief: 3-light mullion and transom window with hood mould on 1st floor and 2-light mullioned window with hoodmould on 2nd floor. 2 other projecting bays have 4-light mullion and transom windows on ground and 1st floors and 2-light mullion windows on 2nd floor - hoodmoulds to windows on lst and 2nd floors. Between projecting bays there are 1 range each of 3-light mullion and transom windows, and 1 range each of single light windows with transoms. Terminal wings have (to courtyard) 2 ranges each of 4-light mullion and transom windows. End elevations masked by modern additions which are not listable. Chapel, erected as memorial to Arthur Acland Troyte, who had been introduced to Ferrey by the Williams of Bridehead (Ferrey's original patrons in the Dorchester area, and the sponsors of the Hospital), had himself become an architect under Ferrey's guidance, and who had died in 1857. 2 storeys. Stringcourse. Undercroft has blocked pointed arcade. lst floor has 4 pointed lancets with EE tracery, hoodmoulds and mask label stops, East end has 3-light window also with EE tracery. Interior plain with contemporary pews, lectern,altar rail, and gallery. Stained glass in east window. Cornice decorated with inscription in high relief "Praise the Lord O my soul and forget not his benefits who forgiveth all thy sin and healeth all thine infirmities."
Listing NGR: SY6909890604
