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Building 30: The Close

The Close is situated just east of Building 29 and predates it slightly, being built in 1930. The building is a single storey structure, rectangular in plan with a short projecting chamfered-corner central pavilion extending from its southern (front) façade, and a rectangular projecting pavilion wing extending to the north; this northern extension has a short perpendicular wing attached to it. The roof is hipped and slated. Walls are constructed of reconstituted stone laid as ashlar blocks; sashed windows have simple surrounds. The ground plan of the building has undergone some slight modifications and additions, probably around the 1955 expansion of the hospital. The south-elevation pavilion wing is an extension of a previously-existing bay window, and the perpendicular addition to the northern wing is a later addition. The Close was a ward building, originally for children, and in later years became a patients’ social club.

The northern wing and its extension housed store and staff rooms; the wing is a large corridor leading to the reception area (the central kitchen has been cleared away). The reception area extends to the south extension, and the hallway here gives access to the east and west wings of the main building. The west wing houses a wide internal corridor along the south side of the building, with continuous sash windows along the south wall, and provides access to the suite of rooms to the north. These rooms have multiple windows out to the corridor and out to the north. The far west end room spans the width of the building and was originally a ward room. The east side of the building essentially recapitulates this plan.