Building record 2620/1 - Macclesfield District General Hospital

Former workhouse, now part of the hospital. Built 1843-5, with 20th century alterations. Coursed and squared rubble with scallop tiled roof. Symmetrically planned with long range running north-south, with projecting wings. 3 storeys. Central double gabled entrance and office block, originally dividing the female and male areas of the building. Lantern carrying clock over centre, with leaded base and weather vane. Long ranges either side. Axial stacks with single attic dormer between them. Formerly male day rooms to south, female to north. Projecting cross wings are 2 1/2 storeyed, with coped gable in each face to front. Projecting gables over secondary doors on north and south elevations. In 1874, the front wings housed infirm male and female day rooms and bedrooms to north and south, the rear wings a nursery to the north, a tailor shop to the south. Central rear wing housed kitchen in semi basement, with dining hall and chapel above (1).

<1> Department of the Environment, 1971-2005, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 886-1/6/180 (Report). SCH1934.

<2> Pevsner N & Hubbard E, 1971, The Buildings of England: Cheshire, /270 1971 (Book). SCH3078.

<3> Department for Culture, Media and Sport, Revised List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, Borough of Macclesfield 1994/ 128 (Unpublished Report). SCH4570.