Main Entrance Lodge to Eastern Courtyard at Babington Hospital is a Grade II listed building in the Amber Valley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 December 1979. Gatehouse.

Main Entrance Lodge to Eastern Courtyard at Babington Hospital

WRENN ID
ragged-keep-bittern
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Amber Valley
Constituency
Mid Derbyshire MP: Jonathan Davies (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
13 December 1979
Type
Gatehouse
Address
Main Entrance Lodge to Eastern Courtyard at Babington Hospital, Derby Road, Belper
OS grid reference
SK 346 469
Coordinates
53.01895, -1.48504
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The main entrance lodge to the eastern courtyard at Babington Hospital was built around 1838, although it does not appear on the Belper Tithe Map from 1844. It was likely constructed between 1845 and 1850 and designed by architect Giles Scott as a workhouse for the Belper Union. The building is in the Jacobean style and is made of ashlar stone with quotas and a slate roof. It functions as a gatehouse and has two storeys. The central feature is a round arch over the carriageway, with an oriel window above it, all set under a gable with finials. There are windows on each side, featuring latticed iron glazing. The building also has end stone stacks and coped gable ends on the roof.

Local climate

Main Entrance Lodge to Eastern Courtyard at Babington Hospital receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 67% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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