hospital/infirmary — Hume Street

Corner-sited terraced four-bay four-storey former townhouse over basement, built c. 1770, with three bays to ground floor. Later forming part of hospital comprising Nos. 3-8 (50920305-9). Pitched roof, with hipped return to rear and flanking red brick chimneystacks, concealed behind brick parapet with masonry coping. Red brick walling laid in Flemish bond to principal (north) elevation with rendered walling to basement. Inscribed plaque to ground floor. Ashlar sandstone walling to eastern elevation. Square-headed window openings with projecting sills, patent reveals and brick voussoirs with cast-iron balconettes affixed to sills at first floor to principal elevation and ground floor to eastern elevation. Diminishing to upper floors with timber sliding sash windows. Round-headed entrance door to central eastern bay with Portland stone doorcase comprising Doric columns on plinth stops rising to open pediment over fluted frieze; fanlight over timber panelled door opening onto entrance platform, with single step to street, flanked by cast-iron railings enclosing basement wells to east and west. Street fronted on northern side of Hume Street.