Building record 1247200000 - Gilbert Scott Court, Amersham

Summary

Nineteenth century Tudor-style workhouse for Amersham Union built in 1838-9, used as a hospital administration block from 1939 and converted into private flats in 2002.

Protected Status/Designation

  • Listed Building (II) 1238340: MAIN BUILDING TO AMERSHAM HOSPITAL (DBC6700)

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Type and Period (3)

  • WORKHOUSE (Built 1838-1839, 19th Century to Modern - 1839 AD to 1939 AD)
  • HOSPITAL BUILDING (Modern - 1939 AD to 1999 AD)
  • HOUSE (Altered 2002, 21st Century - 2000 AD to 2099 AD)

Description

Grade II. 1838 George Gilbert Scott, architect. Tudor style, unknapped flint set in yellow mortar, with red brick dressings and quoins, slate roof. Three storeys and high attic. Slightly canted full height square bays each side of centre, with steep gables to dormers. Plain central doorway. 2-light cross mullion moulded brick windows to front. 3 storey wing, with 3 diaper pattern dormer gables, one bay projecting ends with chimney stacks in gables with diaper pattern, one storey projecting wing with knapped squared flint gable ends. Rear elevation altered (B1).
List of work by Sir Gilbert Scott in Buckinghamshire (B4).
Historic photo of workhouse complex (B7).
Designed by George Gilbert Scott and William Bonython Moffatt in a neo-Elizabethan or neo-Jacobean style, which the architects adopted for workhouses from 1837. The expenditure was authorised by the Poor Law Commissioners in April 1838. Building record file held in NMR (ref no.100254) (B10).

Sources (10)

  • <1>SBC19816 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1984. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: Buckinghamshire: Chiltern District: Parishes of Amersham, Chesham Bois and Coleshill. p89.
  • <2>SBC22360 Bibliographic reference: Royal Commision on Historical Monuments. 1998. English Hospitals 1660-1948: A Survey of Their Architecture and Design. p196.
  • <3>SBC22480 Unpublished document: RCHME. Amersham Hospital (National Buildings Record no. 100254).
  • <4>SBC15132 Article in serial: Ian Toplis. 1975. 'SIR GILBERT SCOTT'S CLASSICAL WORK IN BUCKS', IN RECS OF BUCKS 20 PP93-99. Vol 20. pp98,99.
  • <5>SBC25034 Digital archive: Dr Michael Brooks. Undated. Information on history of Amersham Workhouse and Hospital on Amersham Museum webpages.
  • <6>SBC24867 Bibliographic reference: L E Pike & C Birch. 1976. The Book of Amersham. p64.
  • <7>SBC19607 Bibliographic reference: Julian Hunt. 2001. A History of Amersham. pp91-92, plate 109.
  • <8>SBC25035 Digital archive: 2014. Information on history of Amersham Hospital on Lost Hospitals of London webbpages.
  • <9>SBC25036 Digital archive: Undated. Information on redevelopment of Amersham Hospital on Amersham News, Views & Information webpages.
  • <10>SBC25581 Bibliographic reference: Kathryn Morrison. 1999. The Workhouse: A Study of Poor-Law Buildings in England. pp49,53,72,73,202; fig73.

Location

Grid reference SU 95525 97020 (point)
Civil Parish AMERSHAM, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Apr 15 2022 1:08PM

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