Former Sick Horse Infirmary (Building 48), Fulwood Barracks is a Grade II listed building in the Preston local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 March 1982. Store.

Former Sick Horse Infirmary (Building 48), Fulwood Barracks

WRENN ID
twelfth-balcony-ochre
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Preston
Constituency
Preston MP: Sir Mark Hendrick (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 March 1982
Type
Store
Address
Former Sick Horse Infirmary (Building 48), Fulwood Barracks, Watling Street Road
OS grid reference
SD 547 318
Coordinates
53.78101, -2.68833
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Former Sick Horse Infirmary, also known as Building 48, is a store built between 1843 and 1848 by Major T. Foster for the Ordnance Board. It is constructed of snecked sandstone with ashlar dressings, featuring a rear lateral stack and a slate roof. The building has a single-depth plan that backs against the perimeter wall.

The exterior is single storey with a five-window range. It has coped end gables and central doorways that have been altered, now featuring mid-20th century doors. There are small windows on each side of the doorways with segmental-arched lintels and tilting metal-framed windows. The south side has similar small windows that were altered in the mid-20th century, along with a mid-20th century doorway in between. The rear perimeter wall elevation has inserted windows.

The interior has not been inspected. This building is part of the original plan for the barracks, which included ancillary buildings along the perimeter wall. Fulwood Barracks is noted for being the most complete example in Britain of the late 18th century concept of barracks design.

Local climate

Former Sick Horse Infirmary (Building 48), Fulwood Barracks sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,300 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 92% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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