Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
4468
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
28/07/1989
Date of Amendment
28/07/1989
Name of Property
Pwllheli Hospital (Former Workhouse Building)
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Pwllheli
Town
Locality
Easting
237131
Northing
335071
Street Side
Location
Situated to W of the town centre; above the road with hillside to rear.
Description
Broad Class
Health and Welfare
Period
History
Opened in 1837 for the Pwllheli Poor Law Union formed on 3 June of that year comprising 32 parishes. Modern conversion to hospital use.
Exterior
Standard grid plan form with transverse and spinal ranges linked by central octagonal block. Symmetrical 2-storey 3+2+3-window coursed rubble front to main range, the central two bays of which are advanced under a gable with blind attic roundel; formerly with portico. Slate roofs with ventilators; horned 4-pane sashes with cement rendered margins. Below central windows is a broad lintel and simple cornice carried by two tapered piers. The recessed part-glazed door is flanked by two 12-pane sashes. 2-window extensions to either end, 2-storey to left with boarded doors and single storey to right with 4-panel door. The remainder of the structure is pebbledashes with modern additions. The 2-storey spinal range has mainly 4-pane sashes; 3-storey octagon and central part of transverse range. To E is a taller range containing a high segmental arched passage leading through to rear courtyard.
Interior
Reason for designation
Group value with Neigwl.
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