Dingleton Boiler House
Womersley also made alterations to the interior of the nearby hospital that this boiler house once served. The hospital was converted into apartments in 2004 and the interiors lost. Nonetheless, the boiler house survived and is Category B listed and thus protected. Its starkly distinctive and sculptural form has a commanding presence and punctuates its context by way of precise angularity – it corners and faces well. The relief of the walls and pyrimidal concrete forms responded to the functional demands but were also carefully composed. In 1978 it won a Commendation from the Financial Times Architecture Awards and was recognised for the quality of its pre-cast construction. The use of concrete characterised Womersley's later work.
- OS grid ref
- NT541333
- Easting
- 354164
- Northing
- 633303
- Postcode
- TD6 9QQ
Dingleton Boiler House gallery
Look up.
Source: Author's photograph, 2012
View from street.
Source: Author's photograph, 2012
Shuttered concrete.
Source: Author's photograph, 2012
Loading bay.
Source: Author's photograph, 2012
Thin end of the wedge.
Source: Author's photograph, 2012
Form. Work.
Source: Author's photograph, 2012
Oblique.
Source: Author's photograph, 2012
Back of house.
Source: Author's photograph, 2012
Bits and pieces.
Source: Author's photograph, 2012
Canine.
Source: Author's photograph, 2012
Front elevation.
Source: Author's photograph, 2012