Ruins of St Leonard's Hospital is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 December 1969. Hospital ruins.
Ruins of St Leonard's Hospital
- WRENN ID
- former-foundation-tide
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- North Northumberland MP: David Smith (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 December 1969
- Type
- Hospital ruins
- Address
- Ruins of St Leonard's Hospital, A1068, Denwick
- OS grid reference
- NU 188 143
- Coordinates
- 55.42299, -1.70452
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The ruins of St Leonard's Hospital date back to around 1200 and were re-erected in approximately 1845 by F.R. Wilson. The structure is made of squared stone and rubble with cut dressings. It features a hall with a narrower chapel to the east, along with other buildings that now have grassed-over foundations to the south. A part of the south wall of the hall remains standing, which includes a round-arched doorway adorned with continuous chevron moulding and an indented hood. The north jamb and a few moulded voussoirs of the hall/chapel arch are also visible.
The hospital was founded between 1193 and 1216 by Eustace de Vescy and was annexed to Alnwick Abbey in 1376. The buried remains were rediscovered when the field was ploughed in 1845, leading to their re-erection on the original footings.
Local climate
Ruins of St Leonard's Hospital receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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