The Old Hospital Block and Raised Terrace and Railings is a Grade II* listed building in the Tower Hamlets local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 November 1989. A Georgian Residential.
The Old Hospital Block and Raised Terrace and Railings
- WRENN ID
- second-basalt-cedar
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Tower Hamlets
- Constituency
- Poplar and Limehouse MP: Apsana Begum (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 November 1989
- Type
- Residential
- Period
- Georgian
- OS grid reference
- TQ 336 805
- Coordinates
- 51.50803, -0.07525
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Hospital Block and Raised Terrace and Railings are two houses, now converted into flats, built in 1718 for Ordnance clerks. The buildings are constructed of Flemish bond brick and feature a gabled plain roof with brick ridge and end stacks.
The design includes a double-depth plan with three storeys, a basement, and an attic, each house having a symmetrical six-window range. Carved brackets support flat hoods above segmental-arched six-panel doors, two of which are glazed. The ground and second floors have gauged red brick segmental arches over mid to late 19th-century twelve-pane sash windows, while the first-floor windows feature similar semi-circular arches with radiating glazing bars. There are raised string courses beneath the second-floor windows and a stone-coped parapet at the top. Although the interior has not been inspected, it is likely to be of interest.
Notable additional features include a raised stone-coped brick terrace at the front, which is complemented by wrought-iron railings topped with urn finials.
Local climate
The Old Hospital Block and Raised Terrace and Railings 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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