City Road, Salvation Army Men's Hostel

1974 by Ryder & Yates. Replaced a Men's Palace or itinerants hostel that had been demolished. Respects the height of the adjacent Keelman's Hospital. Sweeps back from the road in an asymmetrical curve of brick and glass. Narrow windows. Now a Social Centre. Twentieth Century Society Building of the Month January 2010 - the building is curved and linear in blue brindle brick. The blue brickwork was also used inside. Gordon Ryder used a curve to replicate the curve in the proposed road improvement. The larger three storey range has bedrooms on ground and second floors and communal rooms on the first. 184 men could be accommodated. There were also day rooms, a restaurant, facilities for the elderly and a small hospital. The steel windows, which originally had bright green shutters, are designed so that three bedroom units could be from two if required. The central entrance has a curved access ramp and boomerang-shaped canopy on columns. The rooftop penthouse for the superintendent has an arched roof. The surrounding grounds are landscaped into 'earth sculptures'. GRADE II LISTED