Survey Data
Reg No
20865006
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Social
Original Use
Outbuilding
In Use As
House
Date
1860 - 1900
Coordinates
164675, 71708
Date Recorded
03/03/2011
Date Updated
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Description
Attached L-plan single-storey former outbuilding, built c.1880, with abutting ten-bay block to south. Now in use as houses. Pitched slate and artificial slate roofs with red brick chimneystacks, recent rooflights and replacement rainwater goods. Rubble stone walls with some red brick quoins. Square-headed window openings with red brick block-and-start surrounds and replacement windows. Oculus to north elevation with red brick surround. Segmental-headed window openings to south elevation with red brick block-and-start surrounds and one metal casement window. Recent square-headed window and door openings to south elevation. Situated on north side of courtyard to north of the former asylum and abutting building to west.
Appraisal
Built as part of the Eglinton Asylum, later known as Our Lady's Hospital, this outbuilding forms part of a significant group of related structures. The materials utilised in its construction, including sandstone, limestone and brick add colour and textural interest to the site. This large complex played a significant social role in both city and county in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.