NHER 8931 (Building record) - St George's School, formerly Forehoe Incorporation House of Industry and Hill House Hospital

December 1981. Field Observation.
Workhouse, later Hill House Hospital, now St George's School. 1776, at cost of £11,000 according to Pevsner (S3). Twenty-one bay southeast front; end pairs of bays project as wings, central five project under pediment with next bay on each side projecting half as far. Two storeys; far too long for its height. Many later additons. Formerly (still?) had a pulpit and panelled screen in the dining hall and a bell dated 1624.
Information from HER Record Card (S1)
E. Rose (NAU) 6 December 1978.

August 1983. Listed, Grade II.
Listing Description:
"Former workhouse for Forehoe hundred, then hospital, now boarding school. 1777. Brick with modern pantiled roofs. Projecting end-wings and a 5-bay central projection with a further 3-bay pedimented centre-piece. 2 storeys and 21 bays. Former open arcade to ground floor, now glazed. Sash windows with glazing bars beneath segmental arches. Hipped roofs."
Information from (S2).
Please consult the National Heritage List for England (S2) for the current listing details.
H. Hamilton (HES), 12 December 2022.

August 1987. Press Release.
It has been proposed to convert this Listed Building for use as housing.
See newspaper article (S4) and architectural plans (S5).
H. Hamilton (HES), 12 December 2022.

Building now converted to housing.
The pulpit was given to Wymondham Museum in 1988 - Information from South Norfolk District Council.
But in fact it never arrived. Information from Museum January 2001.
E. Rose (NAU) 16 January 1989. Amended January 2001.

2000. Documentary Research.
See (S6) for detailed account and history, including the fact that the façade once had an open arcade, later infilled, as at Gressenhall. It also suggests the building was designed by Thomas Ivory.
E. Rose (NLA) 4 January 2001.