Seckford Hospital is a Grade II* listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 December 1971. A Victorian Hospital. 3 related planning applications.
Seckford Hospital
- WRENN ID
- broken-rubblework-marsh
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- East Suffolk
- Constituency
- Suffolk Coastal MP: Jenny Riddell-Carpenter (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 December 1971
- Type
- Hospital
- Period
- Victorian
- Address
- Seckford Hospital, Seckford Street, Woodbridge, IP12 4NB
- OS grid reference
- TM 265 491
- Coordinates
- 52.09438, 1.30625
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Seckford Hospital, built in 1840 by James Noble based on designs by C R Cockerell, is a notable example of 19th-century architecture. The building features a symmetrical layout with central and end gabled pavilions connected by cloistered links at the ground floor. Constructed from red brick with yellow brick dressings, including quoins and pilasters, it stands two storeys high. The roof is tiled and has a parapet with a stone coping. The flank pavilions are adorned with shaped gables that include round windows. The windows are recessed mullion transom casements, and there is a pointed arched entrance with a case, along with obtuse angled arches in the cloisters.
Local climate
Seckford Hospital sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 82% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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