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Buildings 1-6: The Drive

These buildings form a cluster at the north-east end of the site and are the first buildings encountered along the estate drive. They fall into the ‘Villages’ area of the Hospital as defined by the English Heritage Historic Characterisation (EHHC). Buildings 1, 3 and 4 are concrete-block constructed small garages with gently sloping flat tarpapered roofs and are ancillary buildings to the villa-style Buildings 2 and 5 respectively. Buildings 2 and 5 lie on the north side of the estate drive; Buildings 8 and 9 are set further back into the grounds south of the drive, accessed by an additional driveway to those buildings. Buildings 8 and 9 are later infillings of open space following the original conception of building placement. Two phases of use may be identified for this building cluster. Their original design and use was for the accommodation of hospital staff: nurses and doctors. In the second phase, the buildings were allocated to patients requiring less intensive medical or social support.

Building 2 comprises No. 1 and No. 2, The Drive. It is a two-story semi-attached building in Domestic Revival style, comprising two separate dwellings. It is rectangular in plan with projecting pavilion wings on the north (back) elevation; the south elevation comprises the entrances, achieved off the main estate drive. The building is composed of ashlar blocks of reconstituted stone, with hipped slate roofs and lead flashing. The lower story south elevation is symmetrically furnished with bay windows to the right and left of the main entrances of the two houses.

Building 5 is a similar villa-style building of two stories, rectangular in plan with projecting pavilion wings on the north (back) elevation. It has a slated Mansard roof with ceramic tile coping, and the south ground floor elevation is furnished with two bay windows to the left and right of the two entrances.