Middlecott's Hospital is a Grade II listed building in the Boston local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 May 1980. Almshouses. 3 related planning applications.
Middlecott's Hospital
- WRENN ID
- leaning-quartz-dust
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Boston
- Constituency
- Boston and Skegness MP: Richard Tice (RUK)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 May 1980
- Type
- Almshouses
- Address
- Middlecott's Hospital, Wash Road, Fosdyke, PE20 2DG
- OS grid reference
- TF 321 329
- Coordinates
- 52.87768, -0.03758
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A row of almshouses, dating from 1625, built by Sir Thomas Middlecott to provide accommodation for nine women and one male superintendent. The building was altered in the early 20th century. It is constructed of red brick in English bond, with a corrugated asbestos roof, raised brick coped gables, and five brick ridge stacks. The design incorporates a lobby entry plan.
The almshouses form a single-storey, fifteen-bay range with a prominent brick plinth. A small, segmental headed doorway is situated beneath each stack, flanked by single, 20th-century two-light casement windows. A layer of mud walling runs beneath the eaves, around the wall plate. In the left-hand gable, initial iron ties are visible, bearing the initials "TM".
Local climate
Middlecott's Hospital sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 8 transactions since 1997
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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