The Royal redevelopment site in Wolverhampton - former Royal Hospital
The Royal redevelopment site in Wolverhampton.
The site of the former Royal Hospital and former Wolverhampton Tram & Bus Depot is to have housing built on the site.
The Royal Hospital, Wolverhampton was an acute general hospital in the All Saints inner city area of Wolverhampton.
The hospital was designed by Edward Banks in the classical style and built between 1846 and 1849 on land acquired from the Henry Vane, 2nd Duke of Cleveland. It was opened as the South Staffordshire Hospital but became the Wolverhampton and Staffordshire General Hospital in the second half of the 19th century. The internal layout rapidly became outdated when the pavilion system, where patients were separated by type of illness, was introduced at new hospitals in 1852. Additions included a new wing for in-patients as well as a new block for out-patients in 1872, a fever ward in 1873, a medical library in 1877, an additional two-storey in-patient wing in 1812 and the vast King Edward VII Memorial Wing in 1923. It was renamed the Royal Hospital, Wolverhampton in December 1928. A further block of in-patient wards was completed in the late 1930s.
The hospital closed in June 1997 with services being transferred to New Cross Hospital; the site was acquired for retail development by Tesco in 2001 but, after that development stalled in January 2015, the site was sold on to the Homes and Communities Agency for residential development in March 2016.
The remaining building of the former Royal Hospital is Grade II listed.
Listing Text
WOLVERHAMPTON
SO9198SE CLEVELAND ROAD
895-1/14/211 (South side)
04/06/91 Royal Hospital
GV II
Hospital. 1845, by Edward Banks; Edward VII memorial wing,
1912. Brick with ashlar dressings and slate roof. Classical
style. Formerly symmetrical range of 2 storeys and basement
and 15 bays with 3-storey, 5-bay, centre and pedimented end
pavilions, that to left replaced by 1912 wing of 5 x 7 bays.
Ashlar basement and Tuscan pilastrade on stone-coped brick
plinth, paired pilasters to pavilion and top blocking course;
centre has tetrastyle portico on antae. Basement has
segmental-headed windows with 16-pane sashes; other windows
have architraves and 12-pane sashes, those to ground floor
with pediments, those to 1st floor with eared architraves.
Entrance has consoled cornice with scrolled cresting,
overlight and C20 doors. Wing has similar details, but
panelled angle pilasters; distyle in antis portico, with iron
railings and later infill; treatment continued to 1st bay of
return but other 6 bays plainer. Right return and rear treated
similarly to facade, but with C20 additions, rear has Y-plan
wing. The hospital was the 1st major commission of a notable
Wolverhampton architect.
Listing NGR: SO9193998173
This text is from the original listing, and may not necessarily reflect the current setting of the building.
From Gordon Street near Steelhouse Lane.
The Royal redevelopment site in Wolverhampton - former Royal Hospital
The Royal redevelopment site in Wolverhampton.
The site of the former Royal Hospital and former Wolverhampton Tram & Bus Depot is to have housing built on the site.
The Royal Hospital, Wolverhampton was an acute general hospital in the All Saints inner city area of Wolverhampton.
The hospital was designed by Edward Banks in the classical style and built between 1846 and 1849 on land acquired from the Henry Vane, 2nd Duke of Cleveland. It was opened as the South Staffordshire Hospital but became the Wolverhampton and Staffordshire General Hospital in the second half of the 19th century. The internal layout rapidly became outdated when the pavilion system, where patients were separated by type of illness, was introduced at new hospitals in 1852. Additions included a new wing for in-patients as well as a new block for out-patients in 1872, a fever ward in 1873, a medical library in 1877, an additional two-storey in-patient wing in 1812 and the vast King Edward VII Memorial Wing in 1923. It was renamed the Royal Hospital, Wolverhampton in December 1928. A further block of in-patient wards was completed in the late 1930s.
The hospital closed in June 1997 with services being transferred to New Cross Hospital; the site was acquired for retail development by Tesco in 2001 but, after that development stalled in January 2015, the site was sold on to the Homes and Communities Agency for residential development in March 2016.
The remaining building of the former Royal Hospital is Grade II listed.
Listing Text
WOLVERHAMPTON
SO9198SE CLEVELAND ROAD
895-1/14/211 (South side)
04/06/91 Royal Hospital
GV II
Hospital. 1845, by Edward Banks; Edward VII memorial wing,
1912. Brick with ashlar dressings and slate roof. Classical
style. Formerly symmetrical range of 2 storeys and basement
and 15 bays with 3-storey, 5-bay, centre and pedimented end
pavilions, that to left replaced by 1912 wing of 5 x 7 bays.
Ashlar basement and Tuscan pilastrade on stone-coped brick
plinth, paired pilasters to pavilion and top blocking course;
centre has tetrastyle portico on antae. Basement has
segmental-headed windows with 16-pane sashes; other windows
have architraves and 12-pane sashes, those to ground floor
with pediments, those to 1st floor with eared architraves.
Entrance has consoled cornice with scrolled cresting,
overlight and C20 doors. Wing has similar details, but
panelled angle pilasters; distyle in antis portico, with iron
railings and later infill; treatment continued to 1st bay of
return but other 6 bays plainer. Right return and rear treated
similarly to facade, but with C20 additions, rear has Y-plan
wing. The hospital was the 1st major commission of a notable
Wolverhampton architect.
Listing NGR: SO9193998173
This text is from the original listing, and may not necessarily reflect the current setting of the building.
From Gordon Street near Steelhouse Lane.