Hospital of St Mary the Virgin Almshouses is a Grade II listed building in the Newcastle upon Tyne local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 April 1973. Almshouse. 4 related planning applications.
Hospital of St Mary the Virgin Almshouses
- WRENN ID
- keen-lancet-woodpecker
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Constituency
- Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West MP: Dame Chi Onwurah (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 April 1973
- Type
- Almshouse
- Address
- Hospital of St Mary the Virgin Almshouses, Rye Hill, NE4 7LH
- OS grid reference
- NZ 238 637
- Coordinates
- 54.96756, -1.62921
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Hospital of St Mary the Virgin Almshouses is a pair of almshouses built in 1858, with additional wings added in 1916 that match the original design. The building is constructed from snecked sandstone with ashlar dressings and features a high-pitched roof covered with graduated green slates, all in a Gothic style. It is two storeys high and the main range consists of ten bays. Most windows are paired cusped lancets with iron casements, while some first-floor windows have round-shouldered lintels, reflecting a 13th-century style. The north front and the wing eaves are accented by stone-coped gables. The south-east wing has groups of two or three cusped lancets under a wider arch, topped with a quatrefoil light. The south front features plain paired sash windows. Pointed-arched doorways are adorned with hoodmoulds and headstops, and decorative iron door furniture is present. Inscriptions and coats of arms are displayed above the doors.
Local climate
Hospital of St Mary the Virgin Almshouses receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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