Lodge and Gate to Devonshire Royal Hospital is a Grade II listed building in the High Peak local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 January 1997. Lodge, gate.
Lodge and Gate to Devonshire Royal Hospital
- WRENN ID
- leaning-window-dock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- High Peak
- Constituency
- High Peak MP: Jon Pearce (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 January 1997
- Type
- Lodge, gate
- Address
- Lodge and Gate to Devonshire Royal Hospital, Devonshire Road
- OS grid reference
- SK 056 737
- Coordinates
- 53.26043, -1.91623
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The lodge and gate to the Devonshire Royal Hospital, built in 1868 with 20th-century additions, were constructed for the Trustees of the Devonshire Hospital. The building is made of ashlar stone with ashlar dressings and features slate roofs. It has a single stone stack and a chamfered plinth, with deep moulded eaves supported by brackets. The structure has a T-plan and is a single storey.
The south-east gable front displays a deeply moulded open pediment with brackets and a single 3-light window. This window features a central round arched light with a keystone, flanked by columns and lower, narrower round arched lights, all fitted with plain sashes and a projecting sill on brackets. The south-west and north-east gable fronts each contain a single 2-light window with round arched lights and keystones, also with plain sashes and projecting sills on brackets.
Set back in the eastern return is a corner porch with two round arches, supported by a square column and featuring a blocked doorway. There is an attached low wall with chamfered coping and two tall square gate piers, which have chamfered bases and moulded tops, topped with iron lanterns that hold glass globes.
The interior has not been inspected. Historically, in 1859, half of the former stables to the Crescent were donated to the poor by the 6th Duke of Devonshire. The Devonshire Hospital was established in this location in 1868 when the 7th Duke transferred the building to the Trustees along with the Pleasure Grounds. This lodge and gate are included for their group value with the Royal Devonshire Hospital.
Local climate
Lodge and Gate to Devonshire Royal Hospital sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,060 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 51 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 32 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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