Ford's Hospital is a Grade I listed building in the Coventry local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 February 1955. A Early C16 Hospital. 4 related planning applications.
Ford's Hospital
- WRENN ID
- gentle-pier-candle
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Coventry
- Constituency
- Coventry South MP: Zarah Sultana (YP)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 February 1955
- Type
- Hospital
- Period
- Early C16
- Address
- Ford's Hospital, Greyfriars Lane, CV1 2GY
- OS grid reference
- SP 333 788
- Coordinates
- 52.40641, -1.51046
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Ford's Hospital, also known as Greyfriar's Hospital, is an early 16th-century building established in 1509 by the will of William Ford, with additional endowment in 1517 by William Pisford. The date 1529 on the wall likely refers to the appointment of feofees and possibly to further construction between the courtyard and garden.
The structure features a timber frame with an oversailing first floor. It suffered significant damage during an air raid in November 1940 but was rebuilt using original timbers between 1951 and 1953. The building has been altered with additional windows and stone walling facing the street. Notable features include intricate carvings on the timber framework, including miniature buttresses with bases and pinnacles, as well as four-centred arched doorways with carved spandrels. There are oak seats in the corners of the courtyard and rainwater heads dated 1784.
Local climate
Ford's Hospital receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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 — 4 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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