The Woodlands at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital is a Grade II listed building in the Birmingham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 July 1982. Hospital. 6 related planning applications.
The Woodlands at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital
- WRENN ID
- final-rubblework-gilt
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Birmingham
- Constituency
- Birmingham Northfield MP: Laurence Turner (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 July 1982
- Type
- Hospital
- Address
- The Woodlands at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Bristol Road B29, B31 2AP
- OS grid reference
- SP 027 803
- Coordinates
- 52.42119, -1.96103
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Woodlands at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital is a building dating from around 1840, which has been altered and added to over the years. It was given to the hospital by George Cadbury in 1909. The structure is finished in stucco and has a slate roof. It stands two storeys tall and features three bays that are separated by coupled pilasters. The pilasters on the left and right are particularly thin, while those on the first floor have small volutes.
On the ground floor, there is a central double door that leads into a small oval ante-room adjacent to the staircase hall, flanked by two windows. The first floor contains three square windows, all of which are sash windows set in eared moulded surrounds. The building is topped with an eaves cornice and a blocking course.
To the left of the main structure, there is a later circular painted brick structure with circular windows featuring leaded lights, a dentilled brick frieze, and a low conical roof. Another similar circular structure is located at the back of the house, near what was once the stable court, now laid out as a garden with a fountain at its center. The right-hand return of the building includes a modern addition and a door that may have been altered from a three-light window.
Local climate
The Woodlands at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital receives an average of 770 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 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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 — 6 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- 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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