St Giles' Hospital is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 June 1952. Almshouses.

St Giles' Hospital

WRENN ID
floating-loft-sage
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Herefordshire, County of
Constituency
Hereford and South Herefordshire MP: Jesse Norman (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 June 1952
Type
Almshouses
Address
St Giles' Hospital, 149-157, St Owen Street, Hereford
OS grid reference
SO 516 396
Coordinates
52.05275, -2.7064
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

St Giles' Hospital is a group of former almshouses located on St Owen Street in Hereford, dating from around 1770. The building is constructed of dressed sandstone with a brick pediment and eaves, topped by a concrete tile roof and featuring three brick ridge stacks. It has a five-unit plan, is single storey with an attic, and has a five-window range. The central unit includes a plank door with a flat arch, sheltered by a simple bracketed hood, and is flanked by three-light casements. On either side, there are two units with similar entrances and 3/3 casements. The building has brick modillion eaves and a stuccoed central pediment with an inscription. The roof features 20th-century dormers with Gothick glazing. On the left side, there is a reset 12th-century tympanum, and there are 20th-century outhouses and gables at the rear.

Inside No. 147, there is a possible 18th-century winder stair and a 19th-century light and screen. The first floor contains a 19th-century plank door, exposed purlins, and a stepped brick stack. The ground floor features stop-chamfered ceiling beams and a recessed area with a moulded stone arch.

Local climate

St Giles' Hospital receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 65% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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