East Hamlet Hospital is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 August 1993. Hospital. 2 related planning applications.
East Hamlet Hospital
- WRENN ID
- old-pinnacle-gilt
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 August 1993
- Type
- Hospital
- Address
- East Hamlet Hospital, Gravel Hill, Ludlow, SY8 1QX
- OS grid reference
- SO 514 753
- Coordinates
- 52.37367, -2.71468
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
East Hamlet Hospital, formerly known as the Ludlow Poor Law Workhouse, is a workhouse that has been converted into a hospital, built around 1833. The building is constructed from dressed stone and features a Welsh slate roof with reduced stone ridge stacks. It has a U-shaped plan with projecting gable wings and stands three stories tall with a five-window range. The windows include 6/6 sash windows, two of which are from the 20th century, set under combed ashlar segmental arches, with 4/8 sashes above. The gables are stone-coped and pedimented, with corbelled kneelers and mutilated finials.
The central part of the building has a single-storey porch bay with 20th-century glazing, supported by chamfered ashlar pillars and span-arch lintels. This leads to a 20th-century door flanked by 19th-century 6/6 casements, all under ashlar segmental arches. To the left, there is a 19th-century 8/8 sash window, and a 20th-century conservatory is located above the porch.
The rear of the building features stone rubble gables with 19th-century 6/6 and 4/8 sashes, as well as horizontal casements, and includes a further two-storey range. Inside, the hospital retains some six-panel doors with panelled reveals, and the second floor, which was originally a dormitory, remains intact with stick framing. There are also two winder staircases with simple wrought-iron balusters.
Local climate
East Hamlet Hospital receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
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- 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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