NHER 25793 (Building record) - Veterinary Hospital, Steam Mill Lane, Cobholm

August 1974. Listed, Grade II.

July 1990. Field Observation.
Veterinary Hospital, Steam Mill Lane, Cobholm.
Large double pile building in red brick with iron framed windows. Archway into one pile bears letters 'VETERINARY INFIRMARY'; interior of this section forms large glass roofed courtyard with balcony at second floor level looking into it. Excellent example but a little the worse for wear now.
E. Rose (NAU), 16 July 1990.

Built 1856. See published article (S1) for further details.

Listing Description (S2) wrongly dates to c.1890. The date of 1856 mentioned above is due to a misreading of (S1) but (S2) is still incorrect as the buildings were there in 1880; they were originally constructed as an iron foundry and granary. See published article (S3) for further information on the foundry.
E. Rose (NLA), 8 November 2004. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 14 March 2022.

Excerpt of current Listing Description:
"Veterinary surgery. Purpose built c.1890. Red brick. Roofs of slate and glass (south-east pile), concrete tiles (north-west pile). Plan in form of two gabled ranges parallel to each other.
EXTERIOR: two storeys; four-window range in all. South-east range with a wide central arched entrance with rusticated quoins and a keyblock. Arch with the words: 'veterinary infirmary'. To right and left are further rustications to corners...Ground-floor corner rustications rise as pilasters to an open pediment. Gabled roof with a glazed ridge...North-west range with..Hay-loft loading door to first floor between the windows. Gabled roof.
INTERIOR: right and left of entrance are arched doorways fitted with half-glazed doors. Second main arch gives into interior which is in form of an open enclosed courtyard with mid- and late 20th-century lean-to's constructed within. North wall with an arched opening and a basket-arched opening both leading to animal stalls and operating theatres in north range. Between them are two conventional loose boxes with doors. Over the round arch is a loading platform to hay-loft. Dentil platband and a saw-toothed eaves cornice...Roof of tensioned cast-iron trusses."
Information from (S2).
Please consult the National Heritage List for England (S2) for the current listing details.
P. Watkins (HES), 14 March 2022.