Historic Building Recording of Prudhoe Hospital
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Building 23: Skerne
Skerne Villa lies in the ‘Central Hospital’ Area, south-east of Building 22 and just north-west off the main hospital road. It was built in 1935 and adds to the arc of villa buildings, Nos 24 – 26 which predate it. Skerne is a larger dormitory building of two stories, H-shaped in plan with a linking range. Roofs are hipped and clad in Westmorland slate with yellow ceramic coping tiles and lead flashing. The building is clad in reconstituted stone set in ashlar courses; windows have simple surrounds with simple concrete projecting sills. Ground floor windows were shuttered in light permeable sheeting during the time of building recording; the sashed first floor windows were exposed. The main entrance in the north-west elevation is distinguished by a wood-framed shallow surround and semi-circular lintel window. The ground floor main range originally housed public spaces – dining and day rooms and kitchens – with dormitory rooms on the first floor. Rear wings housed staff rooms and toilet blocks. The rear elevations have been elaborated with single-storey flat-roofed brick-built annexes.
