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Listed Building record MDR24365 - Building Southeast of Devonshire Royal Hospital, Devonshire Road, Buxton

Type and Period (1)

  • (First World War to 21st Century - 1914 AD to 2050 AD)

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Building southeast of Devonshire Royal Hospital, Devonshire Road, Buxton, built in 1914. From the National Heritage List for England: 'BUXTON SK0573NE DEVONSHIRE ROAD 616-1/3/33 (South West side) 21/12/70 Building to the south-east of Devonshire Royal Hospital GV II Bath accommodation, now hospital addition to Devonshire Royal Hospital. 1914, altered late C20. Ashlar gritstone with ashlar dressings and iron balustrade. Lead and part glazed flat roof. STYLE: Baroque Revival. EXTERIOR: single storey. Symmetrical 13-window front arranged 1:4:1:4:1 under stone parapet with iron balustrading. Central entrance has rusticated projecting porch with 3 round arches, each concave with prominent keystone topped with segmental pediment and leaded segmental roof. Either side a small oval window in moulded surround with keystones. Beyond 4 windows in moulded surrounds with key blocks and C20 casements. Beyond slightly projecting outer wings with similar single windows topped with double keystones and pediments. Left and right returns of 2 windows. Rear: building utilises ground slope- stone walls and iron rails to rear. INTERIOR: limited access suggests central corridor with changing cubicles to left and baths to right. Listing NGR: SK0568473640.' (1)

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Listed Building File: Historic England. 2011. The National Heritage List for England. https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1259323?section=official-list-entry.

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Location

Grid reference SK 05684 73640 (point)
Civil Parish BUXTON, HIGH PEAK, DERBYSHIRE

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Aug 2 2025 11:15AM

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