Bridge Hospital is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 February 1973. A C19 Hospital. 15 related planning applications.
Bridge Hospital
- WRENN ID
- scattered-lintel-thistle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Braintree
- Constituency
- Witham MP: Priti Patel (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 February 1973
- Type
- Hospital
- Address
- Bridge Hospital, Hatfield Road, Witham, CM8 1EQ
- OS grid reference
- TL 816 139
- Coordinates
- 51.79472, 0.63233
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Bridge Hospital, originally the Union Workhouse, was constructed in 1839. It is a substantial red brick building with stone dressings. The entrance gateway features a semi-circular archway defined by stone voussoirs, topped by a stone pediment. The gateway is flanked by single-storey wings, each with projecting bays at the north-east and south-east ends and pilaster detailing. These wings have a window arrangement of 2 windows, 2 windows, and 1 window, with double-hung sashes containing glazing bars, set in plain reveals with semi-circular brick arches and a stone string course.
The main block stands further back from the entrance block and is three storeys high, with an octagonal central tower. The tower's alternate sides project forward under pediments, and each face has a single window range. A stone band runs between the upper storeys. The roof is slate and rises to a central cupola. Long wings extend on either side of the main block, each with a window range of 5 windows, 2 windows across, with double-hung sashes and glazing bars in plain reveals. These wings are also covered by slate roofs.
Local climate
Bridge 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 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 8 transactions since 2010
- Related listed building consents — 15 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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