Westwood Hospital

Westwood Hospital
Westwood Hospital
Westwood Hospital is located in East Riding of Yorkshire
Westwood Hospital
Shown in East Riding of Yorkshire
Geography
LocationThe Woodlands, Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
Coordinates53°50′30″N 0°26′19″W / 53.8416°N 0.4385°W / 53.8416; -0.4385
Organisation
Care systemNHS
Services
No
History
Founded1861
Closed2012
Links
ListsHospitals in England

Westwood Hospital was a health facility in The Woodlands, Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. Both the original block and the gateway are Grade II listed buildings.[1][2]

History

The hospital has its origins in the Beverley Union Workhouse which was designed by J. B. and W. Atkinson and opened in 1861.[3] An infirmary was added in 1893 and the entrance arch was completed in 1895.[4] It became the Beverley Public Assistance Institution in 1930 and joined the National Health Service as Westwood Hospital in 1948.[3] After services transferred to the East Riding Community Hospital in July 2012, Westwood Hospital and the buildings were redeveloped for residential use by PJ Livesey as Westwood Park.[5][6]

Architecture

The original block is grade II listed. It is built of red brick, with stone dressings, rusticated quoins and a Welsh slate roof. It has two storeys, a central block of eleven bays, and projecting gabled wings. The central bay projects, and contains a doorway with a stone architrave and a cusped head. Above it is a rounded oriel window with mullioned and transomed windows, over which is a clock in a round surround, and a moulded gable with a finial and a bell. Two of the outer bays have a projecting gabled upper storey, and the windows are sashes.[7][8]

The gateway is separately grade II listed, and consists of an archway in red brick with stone dressings. The entry has a moulded round arch with a mask keystone. Above it is a gable with a segmental pediment and scrolls at the ends, containing a circular window with a keystone. Inside, the arch is barrel vaulted and lined with wood.[9][8]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Historic England. "Gateway to the Beverley Westwood Hospital (1083930)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  2. ↑ Historic England. "The Beverley Westwood Hospital, Original Block (1221333)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  3. 1 2 "Beverley". Workhouses. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
  4. ↑ Pevsner, Nikolaus; Neave, David (2002). Yorkshire: York and the East Riding. Yale University Press. p. 304. ISBN 978-0300095937.
  5. ↑ "New hospital welcomes its first patients in Beverley". ITV. 30 July 2012. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
  6. ↑ "Westwood Park". PJ Livesey. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
  7. ↑ Historic England. "The Beverley Westwood Hospital (original block), Beverley (1221333)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 24 May 2026.
  8. 1 2 Pevsner, Nikolaus; Neave, David (1995) [1972]. Yorkshire: York and the East Riding. The Buildings of England (2 ed.). New Haven and London: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-09593-7.
  9. ↑ Historic England. "Gateway to the Beverley Westwood Hospital, Beverley (1083930)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 20 May 2026.
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