Cross Houses Hospital, That Part Used As Hospital Administration Block, Staff Accommodation and Parts of Wards Numbers 1b (Lyth Hill Ward), 2a (Breidden Ward), 2b (Grinshill Ward) and 3a (Ragleth Ward) is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 April 1986. Hospital, workhouse.

Cross Houses Hospital, That Part Used As Hospital Administration Block, Staff Accommodation and Parts of Wards Numbers 1b (Lyth Hill Ward), 2a (Breidden Ward), 2b (Grinshill Ward) and 3a (Ragleth Ward)

WRENN ID
steep-nave-falcon
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Shropshire
Constituency
South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
3 April 1986
Type
Hospital, workhouse
Address
Cross Houses Hospital, That Part Used As Hospital Administration Block, Staff Accommodation and Parts of Wards Numbers 1b (Lyth Hill Ward), 2a (Breidden Ward), 2b (Grinshill Ward) and 3a (Ragleth Ward), Staff Accommodation and Parts of Wards Nos 1b (Lyth Hill Ward), A458 Cross Houses, Berrington
OS grid reference
SJ 538 075
Coordinates
52.66386, -2.68361
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Cross Houses Hospital includes the part used as the hospital administration block, staff accommodation, and sections of Wards Nos 1B (Lyth Hill Ward), 2A (Breidden Ward), 2B (Grinshill Ward), and 3A (Ragleth Ward). This building was originally constructed as the Atcham Union Workhouse between 1792 and 1793 by J.H. Haycock from Shrewsbury.

The structure is made of red brick and features a hipped slate roof, designed in an H-plan. It stands three storeys tall and has a dentil brick eaves cornice. The roof includes a brick stack located off-centre to the right and another brick ridge stack to the right. The façade is arranged in a pattern of 2:7:2 bays with projecting end pavilions. The windows are glazing bar sashes with painted brick flat arches, although the second-floor window in the third bay from the left has been replaced by three casements in the late 20th century. There is a central blocked segmental-headed archway with a pair of 20th-century glazed doors. The pavilions contain doors between the second and third bays and the ninth and tenth bays, featuring four flush panels and painted brick flat arches. At the rear, there are two wings that project outward.

Later additions to the building were made in 1851 or 1871 and again in 1903, although these are not considered of special architectural interest.

Local climate

Cross Houses Hospital, That Part Used As Hospital Administration Block, Staff Accommodation and Parts of Wards Numbers 1b (Lyth Hill Ward), 2a (Breidden Ward), 2b (Grinshill Ward) and 3a (Ragleth Ward) receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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