St Saviours Hospital is a Grade I listed building in the West Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 August 1952. A Medieval Hospital.
St Saviours Hospital
- WRENN ID
- empty-pavement-claret
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- West Suffolk
- Constituency
- Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket MP: Dr Peter Prinsley (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 August 1952
- Type
- Hospital
- Address
- St Saviours Hospital, Fornham Road, Bury St. Edmunds
- OS grid reference
- TL 853 652
- Coordinates
- 52.25424, 0.71418
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
St Saviour's Hospital is a significant historical site located on Fornham Road in Bury St Edmunds. Founded in 1184 or 1185 by Abbot Sampson, it is part of the medieval Hospital of St Saviour. The structure is built from flint with stone dressings and is currently roofless. Although often thought to be part of a gatehouse, it actually represents the west end of a long range that extends eastwards.
Excavations conducted in 1991 uncovered the base of the remaining walls, indicating that the building was constructed in two phases. It likely consisted of a hall with a chapel at the eastern end. A central doorway features a pointed stone-dressed arch, and above it, there is a stone-framed recess that holds a plaque commemorating the death of Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, who is said to have been murdered here in 1447. The site is designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument.
Local climate
St Saviours 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 93% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 54% 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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