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Description: Retaining wall and boundary wall at Royal Halifax Infirmary Retaining wall and boundary wall at Royal Halifax Infirmary

Address: Boundary Wall Royal Halifax Infirmary Free School Lane Halifax West Yorkshire

Grade: II

Group detail: Free School Lane (north side)

Full description:
Retaining wall and boundary wall. 1892-96. Rockfaced stone with ashlar dressings. Retaining wall, approx. 100m runs from the lodge (block 11) across the front of the administration block (04). The wall increases in height from left to right with the slope of the site. Chamfered coping topped with a coped balustrade, with dice and ball finials. Boundary wall to right, approx. 80m long, fronting ward blocks 01 and 02. Chamfered coping formerly topped with a railing, and coped square piers. Plain gateway at right end. Thomas Worthington, Victorian Architecture and Social Purpose: Anthony J Pass: Manchester Philosophical Society: 1988