Building record 5619 - Manor Hospital, Manor Park Drive, Great Sutton

Manor Hospital
LL29 (Previously LL GS/3)

Address: Manor Park Drive, Great Sutton
Architect: Douglas & Frodsham, Chester. William and Segor Owen.
Date: 1877 and 1899 with modern additions


Description
1877 portion of roughcast render over brickwork beneath a gable slated roof.
Metal casements in heavy stone dressed bays, first floor Victorian gothic windows surmounted by dormer gables.
1899 portion has stone mullion and transom windows with black and white timber framing to first floor level.
At the rear is an Italianate “campanile” tower, rendered with slated pyramidal top.

Condition
Good.

Current use
In use as dwellings.

Updated April 2007 (1)
It was originally known as the Elms (2,3) then later as the Manor (4) or Great Sutton Manor before it became as hospital. (5)

<1> Ellesmere Port and Neston Borough Council, 2007, Ellesmere Port and Neston Borough Council Local List of Historic Buildings, LL29 (Index). SCH5437.

<2> Ordnance Survey, 1871-1882, Ordnance Survey County Series (Epoch 1) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire (Maps and Plans). SCH2462.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1896-1898, Ordnance Survey First Revision County Series (Epoch 2) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire (Maps and Plans). SCH3848.

<4> Ordnance Survey, 1909-1912, Ordnance Survey Second Revision County Series (Epoch 3) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire (Maps and Plans). SCH4361.

<5> Unknown, 1988, Building description for listed building application (Unpublished Document). SCH5462.