General Lying in Hospital is a Grade II listed building in the Lambeth local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 March 1981. Hospital. 7 related planning applications.
General Lying in Hospital
- WRENN ID
- fallow-quoin-evening
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lambeth
- Constituency
- Vauxhall and Camberwell Green MP: Florence Eshalomi (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 March 1981
- Type
- Hospital
- Address
- General Lying in Hospital, York Road Se1, SE1 7NY
- OS grid reference
- TQ 308 797
- Coordinates
- 51.50163, -0.11663
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The General Lying-in Hospital is an early to mid-19th century building located on York Road. It is two storeys high with an attic and basement, featuring seven windows on its west front. The structure is constructed of red brick, with a stuccoed attic storey above an entablature. The central section is recessed and designed as a full-height tetrastyle Ionic portico in antis, flanked by stuccoed pilasters at the corners of the side sections. An inscription in the frieze reads: "GENERAL LYING-IN HOSPITAL, UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF HER MAJESTY AND HRH THE PRINCESS OF WALES." The building has replaced sash windows with glazing bars, and the outer windows are set in moulded architraves. A central flight of steps leads to the porch, which features a double door with sidelights. The south elevation is similar but lacks a porch and has alterations to the attic storey. Wrought iron area railings surround the property.
Local climate
General Lying in Hospital sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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 — 7 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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