Carre's Hospital, Pump and Sundial in the Forecourt and Wall Along Carre Street is a Grade II* listed building in the North Kesteven local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 July 1949. A Early 19th century Almshouse. 2 related planning applications.
Carre's Hospital, Pump and Sundial in the Forecourt and Wall Along Carre Street
- WRENN ID
- twisted-hinge-sepia
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- North Kesteven
- Constituency
- Sleaford and North Hykeham MP: Dr Caroline Johnson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 July 1949
- Type
- Almshouse
- Period
- Early 19th century
- Address
- Carre's Hospital, Pump and Sundial in the Forecourt and Wall Along Carre Street, Bede House, Eastgate, Sleaford, NG34 7DQ
- OS grid reference
- TF 069 458
- Coordinates
- 52.99934, -0.40831
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Carre's Hospital, including the pump and sundial in the forecourt and the wall along Carre Street, is a notable 19th-century building designed by architect H. E. Kendall. The east range, which has nine bays, was built in 1830, while the seven-bay south range was constructed between 1841 and 1846. This L-shaped complex consists of early 19th-century almshouses made of ashlar stone, showcasing a fine 'Gothick' design over two storeys. It features five projecting porches with four-centred entrance arches and corner buttresses. Each section has three windows, with two-light mullion windows on the sides and labels above the central windows. The south range's centre includes a gable-ended chapel adorned with crocketed pinnacles and a traceried 'Perpendicular' window above the door, which is framed in a rectangular shape. The building has slate roofs and an embattled parapet. In front, there is a garden with a pump and sundial, along with a paved walkway beside the street. A stone wall is located to the right, and there is an old gas lamp standard, although the railings to the wall are missing. Carre's Hospital and the adjacent properties numbered 2-8 (even) form a cohesive group.
Local climate
Carre's Hospital, Pump and Sundial in the Forecourt and Wall Along Carre Street sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 54% 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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