Jervis Centre — Jervis Street

Attached nine-bay four-storey former hospital over raised basement, built 1884-7, now in use as apartments. Flat roof concealed behind red brick parapet wall. Red brick walls laid in Flemish bond with limestone detailing, and limestone ashlar ground floor with raised basement. Limestone coping to parapet, limestone entablature having cornice, plain frieze with brackets and plain architrave. Limestone platband to walls and windows of each upper floor and limestone sill course having decorative metal vent-plates to each floor. Bull-nosed detailing to each bay at basement level. Gauged-brick camber-headed window openings with moulded window surrounds, having terracotta keystone and cornerstones, and limestone sills. Camber-headed window openings to ground floor with limestone surround and enlarged keystone. Timber-framed three-part top-hung casement windows to second and third floors, and four-part window to first floor, three-part window to ground floor, having six panes to upper section. Cast-iron railings in segmental-headed window openings at raised basement level, having bull-nosed corners to openings and enlarged keystone to arch. Two recessed Order Arch main entrances, to end bays of front elevation, having engaged plasters to inner arches and pilaster to outer, on high plinths with moulded string courses and with acanthus ornament to capitals, keystones having monogram 'JSH' [Jervis Street Hospital] and shield devices, southern of latter with lettering 'Founded AD 1718' and northern with lettering 'Rebuilt AD 1885'. Timber doorcases with timber-framed decorative petal fanlights over timber lintels with arcaded lights above door openings, and with sidelights, southern doorway having stained glass lights. Carved double-leaf timber panelled doors with cast-iron hinge plates.