St Ethelbert's Hospital is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 June 1952. Almshouse. 1 related planning application.

St Ethelbert's Hospital

WRENN ID
hushed-roof-nettle
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
Almshouse
Address
St Ethelbert's Hospital, 15-24, Castle Street, Hereford, HR1 2NR
OS grid reference
SO 512 397
Coordinates
52.05356, -2.71248
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

St Ethelbert's Hospital is a group of almshouses with a foundation dating back to the 14th century, rebuilt in 1805 by Wood of Hereford. The building is constructed from ashlar sandstone and features a stone tile roof with six brick ridge stacks. It is a single-storey structure with a central two-leaf plank door set beneath a chamfered four-centred arch, which has a hood moulding and a tablet displaying an episcopal seal above it. This door is flanked by two-light lancet windows with Gothic-glazed heads and lattice leaded lights. The façade includes pilasters adorned with armorial shields and a castellated parapet. There are four similar windows on each side of the entrance. The returned side is finished in dressed sandstone.

At the rear, there is a ten-window range of two-light mullion casements with lattice leaded glazing, along with a blocked four-light stone mullion window. The central section features a four-centred arch with a reset 14th-century arch and a panel above, flanked by pilasters leading to a castellated parapet. The leaded lights and doors are situated under a pentice roof. Inside, the ground floor contains chamfered ceiling beams and wall cupboards, while the first floor has exposed purlins.

Local climate

St Ethelbert's 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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