Workhouse Infirmary, Warrington, Cheshire, (later Kendrick Wing Warrington General Hospital)

The ceremony of laying the foundation stones of the new workhouse infirmary at Warrington was performed on Friday. The new infirmary is in close proximity to the workhouse. The contractor is Mr Davenport, of Stockton Heath, and the architect Mr William Owen. [Building News 4 March 1898 page 304]

WARRINGTON - The foundation stones of the new workhouse infirmary were laid on Thursday in last week. The infirmary will stand upon five and three-quarter acres of land immediately behind the present workhouse premises. The present contracts deal with three blocks of buildings, standing 70 feet apart, but connected on each floor with open air corridors, 10 feet wide. The central will be the administrative block, three stories high, and the two outer blocks will be ward pavilions, each two stories high. Under the whole of the buildings there will be a basement for access to heating and water pipes. The administrative block will give accommodation on the ground floor for the medical officer, head nurse, dispensary, waiting room, nurses' sitting and dining rooms, linen stores, and on the first and second floors there will be bedrooms for the nursing staff, each floor being fitted with baths, lavatories, and closets. The other two blocks will be ward pavilions, one for males and the other for females, each accommodating 92 beds, or a total of 184. In each block there are two wards of 24 beds, two wards of four beds, and six wards of three beds each, and each set of wards has separate baths, lavatories, and closets. There are also ward kitchens, linen rooms, separation lobbies, and lifts. All wards will be heated by open fireplaces, or central open fire Musgrave stoves, augmented by hot water pipes. The floors throughout will be fire-proof, of Messrs Homan and Rogers' construction, and in addition to stone staircases there will be also an outer stair of iron in each case. The contract entered into with Mr C W Davenport, of Stockton Heath, including the boundary walls, amounts to £23,266. Externally, hard grey brick will be used, with a sparing allowance of terra cotta and red pressed brick dressings. The works have been designed by Messrs William and Segar Owen, architects, of Warrington. [Building News March 1898 page 342]

WORKHOUSE INFIRMARY, WARRINGTON - On the 24th ult. the foundation-stones of the new workhouse infirmary at Warrington were laid. The new infirmary, which is in close proximity to the workhouse, will have accommodation for 200 beds. The contractor is Mr. C. W. Davenport, of Stockton Heath, and the architects are Messrs. William and Segar Owen, of Warrington. The present contracts will deal with three large blocks of buildings standing some 70 feet apart, but connected on each floor with open-air corridors 10 feet wide. The central will be the administrative block, three stories high, and the two outer blocks will be ward pavilions, each two stories high. Under the whole of the buildings there will be a basement for access to heating and water-pipes, etc. The administrative block will give accommodation on the ground floor for the medical officer, head nurse, dispensary, waiting-room, nurses’ sitting and dining-rooms, linen and other stores, and on the first and second floors there will be bedrooms and other apartments for the housing of the nursing staff, and each floor will he fitted with baths, lavatories, etc. The public entrance will be in the centre of the administrative block. The other two blocks, one for males and the other for females, each accommodate ninety-two beds, or a total of 184. In each block there will be two wards of twenty-four beds, two wards of twelve beds, two wards of four beds, and six wards of two beds each. The pavilions will be about 240 feet long. There will also be ward kitchens, linen-rooms, separation lobbies, and lifts. All wards will be heated by open fireplaces, or central open fire Musgrave stoves, but in every case the heating will be augmented by hot-water pipes or radiators. The floors will be fire-proof of Messrs. Homan & Rogers' construction. There will be an outer stair of iron. Externally, hard grey brick will be used, with terra cotta and red-pressed brick dressings. [Builder 12 March 1898 page 261]

Reference        Building News 4 March 1898 page 304
Reference        Building News March 1898 page 342
Reference        Builder 12 March 1898 page 261