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• DOI:https://doi.org/10.5284/1042739
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Building 38: Teaching and Activities Building

This large single storey building is located in the EHHC Central Hospital Area, and is broadly U-shaped in plan and orientated to face south-east maximizing sunlight. There are a large number of windows along the front elevations. It is largely built of buff coloured rough surfaced brick laid in stretcher bond. There is a slightly projecting decorative plinth in a darker reddish brown smooth brick. There is a narrow projecting concrete surround around the windows which incorporates the sill and lintel. The flat roof is felted and has timber facing, these are mostly missing.

The main entrance is on the south east elevation in the centre of the building, through panelled double timber doors. There is a small vestibule which opens into a large bright hall. The layout is almost symmetrical with rooms arrange off a pair of narrow corridors running off from the entrance hall. The south wing has a veranda at the rear in the centre.

The main room to the north of the entrance has a timber parquet floor laid in a herring bone pattern; this may suggest the room was used as a hall for games or other physical activities. The other rooms and the corridors are mostly carpeted, although in some areas the floor covering has been removed. The long corridors have wall paper and a decorative border at dado height, whilst the rooms themselves are painted in a range of soft colours.

With the exception of a built in cupboards and sanitary fittings, all other furniture and fittings relating to the use of the building have been removed. The building is largely in poor condition, with damp in evidence in most areas.