Boundary Wall and Gateway at Whitlingham Hospital is a Grade II listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 November 1997. Boundary wall and gateway. 1 related planning application.

Boundary Wall and Gateway at Whitlingham Hospital

WRENN ID
fallow-spire-jet
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Norfolk
Constituency
South Norfolk MP: Ben Goldsborough (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 November 1997
Type
Boundary wall and gateway
Address
Boundary Wall and Gateway at Whitlingham Hospital, Kirby Road, Trowse with Newton
OS grid reference
TG 254 069
Coordinates
52.61323, 1.32802
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The boundary wall and gateway at Whitlingham Hospital were built around 1865 by H.E. Coe of Cambridge for Sir Robert Harvey. Constructed from red brick with ashlar dressings, the wall encloses the gardens, running along the west and south sides of the site. It features a plinth, flat coping, and decorative dice with ball finials.

At the northwest corner, there is a gateway with two square brick piers topped with cornices and ball finials on volutes. Curved flanking walls are adorned with wrought iron railings and similar piers and finials, although there are no gates present. The western wall extends approximately 70 meters south from the gateway, leading to square projections facing north and west, which are connected by a rounded corner. A branch of the wall runs east for about 35 meters before turning south to a plain gateway next to the house. This section of the wall has X-shaped openings.

The western wall continues for another 70 meters to a larger square projection facing west, which includes a central rounded bay aligned with the main axis of the garden. South of this, the wall extends approximately 70 meters, featuring square projections facing west and south, linked by another rounded corner. The southern wall stretches eastward for around 100 meters across the garden front of the house, ending with square projections facing south and east, also connected by a rounded corner.

Local climate

Boundary Wall and Gateway at Whitlingham 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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