Entrance Block at North Hertfordshire and South Bedfordshire Hospital is a Grade II listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 June 1974. Hospital entrance block.

Entrance Block at North Hertfordshire and South Bedfordshire Hospital

WRENN ID
crumbling-niche-cedar
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Hertfordshire
Constituency
Hitchin MP: Alistair Strathern (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 June 1974
Type
Hospital entrance block
Address
Entrance Block at North Hertfordshire and South Bedfordshire Hospital, Bedford Road
OS grid reference
TL 182 293
Coordinates
51.94977, -0.28103
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The entrance block at North Hertfordshire and South Bedfordshire Hospital is an early to mid-19th century yellow brick building that has undergone extensive additions. It features a Welsh slated roof with a paired bracketed cornice and pediments over slight projections on either side of the center. The facade includes a symmetrical arrangement of sash windows, with a total of 2:3:2:3:2 windows, all fitted with glazing bars and set under flat arches. At the center, there is a stucco closed porch supported by Doric pilasters, complete with an entablature and a blocking course.

Local climate

Entrance Block at North Hertfordshire and South Bedfordshire Hospital sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 76% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% 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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