Cloisters Including West Wall of Former Chapter House (?) at the Great Hospital is a Grade I listed building in the Norwich local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 February 1954. A Circa 1450 Cloisters.
Cloisters Including West Wall of Former Chapter House (?) at the Great Hospital
- WRENN ID
- odd-pilaster-pearl
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Norwich
- Constituency
- Norwich South MP: Clive Lewis (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 February 1954
- Type
- Cloisters
- Address
- Cloisters Including West Wall of Former Chapter House (?) at the Great Hospital, Bishopgate
- OS grid reference
- TG 237 090
- Coordinates
- 52.633, 1.30481
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Cloisters, including the west wall of the former Chapter House at The Great Hospital, date from around 1450. They are constructed of flint and brick rubble with ashlar dressings and feature a lead roof. The cloisters form a quadrangle next to the Church of St. Helen, the refectory, and the former Master's House. On the east side, the west wall of the former Chapter House adjoins a 20th-century single-storey range that is not of special architectural interest. The cloisters have a lean-to roof supported by an arcade of four three-light flat-headed windows on each side, all linked by a continuous hood mould. Inside, there are stone benches, a blocked door at the north-east corner, and a 15th-century moulded arch on the east side that is also blocked in brick. This arch features devices of Prior Molet (1453-1471) and Bishop Lyhart (1446-1470) in the spandrels, along with another door to the right and a 20th-century opening at the south-east corner. The roof of the cloister includes a roll-moulded wall plate, spine beam, and principal rafters. The site is also scheduled as an Ancient Monument.
Local climate
Cloisters Including West Wall of Former Chapter House (?) at the Great Hospital sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 75% 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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