Building 6 at old Heatherwood Hospital

Image: © Oscar Taylor Taken: 2 Apr 2023

Simply known as "Building 6" - this number being taken from Heatherwood Hospital's plans of the site - this building a tiled roof and brick walls will soon be demolished. The detail given within the planning application of the building is as follows: "Building 6 is an active boiler house. The brick-built building is of a single storey design with a small two storey element. The single-storey section has a pitched clay tile roof and the two-storey section possesses a flat roof. There is no loft space present internally with the indoor space open to the ceiling. The ceiling is constructed with wooden boards and metal beams and contains a number of large holes in the roofing tiles." All of the 1920s buildings of old Heatherwood Hospital are set to be demolished, or already have been. In 2018, full planning permission was given to demolish the existing hospital and construct a new building to serve as the hospital. In 2022, planning permission was given for the construction of 230 homes on the site in the form of 2, 3 and 4 bed houses and 1, 2 and 3 bed flats.

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