WEST PARK CONSERVATION AREA

The conservation area
covers the major portion of
the hospital site, with most
of the buildings within the
conservation area dating to
the original build
• The hospital was designed
by William Clifford-Smith
who also designed Manor
Hospital and St Ebba’s
Hospital
• The layout followed the
échelon-type of layout used
by G T Hine at Long Grove
and Horton Hospitals, but
Clifford-Smith amended
it slightly to produce a
series of linked ward blocks
or detached villas
• Well detailed neo-classical
buildings built from smooth
red brick with shallow
pitched slate roofs

• Domestic scale despite the
inclusion of larger buildings
such as the listed water
tower
• The many mature trees and
open green spaces provide
an attractive sylvan
character
• A few modern buildings
have been inserted in
places but are generally not
too obtrusive