Central Block of Kingsmead and Grove Road Hospital is a Grade II listed building in the Richmond upon Thames local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 January 1950. Hospital.
Central Block of Kingsmead and Grove Road Hospital
- WRENN ID
- sheer-bronze-alder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Richmond upon Thames
- Constituency
- Richmond Park MP: Sarah Olney (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 January 1950
- Type
- Hospital
- OS grid reference
- TQ 188 741
- Coordinates
- 51.45417, -0.29113
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The central block of Kingsmead and Grove Road Hospital, formerly known as Grove Road Institution, is a brick-built structure dating from the 18th century. It features a three-window center flanked by two projecting wings, with segmental headed casement windows. The building stands two storeys tall and has a clock set in a small stucco pediment above an inscription that notes its construction for the benefit of the poor of Richmond and Kew. This building was formerly the Richmond Workhouse.
Local climate
Central Block of Kingsmead and Grove Road Hospital sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 64% 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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