Burghill

The road runs south to Hereford

Once the home of the Superintendent of St Mary's Hospital, as the County Asylum was known in its later years. Opened in 1871, the hospital closed in 1995. Now a fabulous house on the edge of a high class private development which incorporated many of the original hospital buildings.

Once the home of the Superintendent of St Mary's Hospital, as the Hereford County Asylum was known in its later years. Opened in 1871, the hospital closed in 1995. Now a fabulous house on the edge of a high class private development which incorporated many of the original hospital buildings.

Now a delightful private home, this was the Porter's Lodge of the Hereford County Asylum, later renamed St Mary's Hospital. The hospital finally closed in 1995 and many of the buildings have been preserved, converted into fantastic houses.

Now an impressive private home, this was the Administration block of the Hereford County Asylum, later renamed St Mary's Hospital. The hospital finally closed in 1995 and many of the buildings have been preserved, converted into fantastic houses.

The formal garden layout at the heart of this prestigious housing development on the site of St Mary's, the former Hereford County Asylum, which finally closed in 1994.

Handsome Georgian country house on the edge of this prosperous village just outside Hereford.

Latterly renamed St Mary's Hospital, the site finally closed in 1994/5. The handsome Victorian ward buildings, dating from 1871, have been converted into very desirable housing.

A rape crop safely gathered in near Lower Burlton.

Looking west from the Burghill Road with Credenhill Wood in the distance.

Some cottages and a farm on this narrow Herefordshire Lane.

A substantial building currently empty.

Heading for a second cut of haylage for 2012.

Crate of apples from Tillington fruit farm

The concealment of a bay by the rapacious ivy has a disorienting effect on the facade. Its removal since this photo shows that there are windows underneath (see SO4744 : Burghill Court). The house was built c1773-76 for Benjamin Biddulph, almost certainly to the designs of Anthony Keck. Quite a grand Greek Doric porch. Grade II listed. Keck's design has been ill-served by later alterations, possibly connected to its division into two separate residences, as evidenced by a pre-partition photo of c1865: SO4744 : Burghill Court, Burghill (c1865). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Keck (1726-97) was one of a breed of skilled, provincial builder-architects who, during the C18th and early C19th, created substantial parts of the built fabric of the country that we see today. He established a practice in Gloucestershire and worked mainly there and in Worcestershire and Herefordshire. He designed a number of pleasing medium-sized country houses, that mainstay of successful Georgian architects, and was also involved in designing locks on the Stroudwater Canal. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------