St John's Hospital is a Grade II* listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 May 1971. A Victorian Hospital.
St John's Hospital
- WRENN ID
- ancient-bailey-umber
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- Bedford MP: Mohammad Yasin (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 May 1971
- Type
- Hospital
- Period
- Victorian
- Address
- St John's Hospital, 34, Saint Johns Street
- OS grid reference
- TL 051 492
- Coordinates
- 52.13137, -0.46493
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
St John's Hospital, located at 34 Saint John's Street, is a building from the 13th century that has been significantly altered in the 19th century. It features a roughcast exterior and an old tiled roof, with an H plan layout that runs at right angles to the street. The building is two storeys high and has 19th-century Gothic casement windows. It is also known as Bunyan's Interpreter's House.
Local climate
St John's Hospital sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 54% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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