St Catherine's Hospital with Wall and Railings to Front is a Grade II listed building in the Medway local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 August 1974. Almshouse. 4 related planning applications.
St Catherine's Hospital with Wall and Railings to Front
- WRENN ID
- narrow-latch-magpie
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Medway
- Constituency
- Rochester and Strood MP: Lauren Edwards (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 August 1974
- Type
- Almshouse
- Address
- St Catherine's Hospital with Wall and Railings to Front, Star Hill
- OS grid reference
- TQ 746 679
- Coordinates
- 51.38348, 0.50824
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
St Catherine's Hospital, built in 1805, is a set of almshouses located on Star Hill in Rochester. The charity itself dates back to 1316. The building is constructed of red brick in English bond with slate roofs and consists of a single-storey block that is 14 bays long, arranged in a pattern of 3-3-3-3-2 bays. It features a Tudor-Gothick style, with nine casement cross windows beneath four-centred flat rubbed brick arches. Five of the bays are slightly advanced, showcasing chamfered jambs and two concentric rubbed brick arches, which were originally doorways but have been converted into windows. The building has deep projecting eaves and six chimney stacks, three of which are set diagonally. The three central bays have a coped parapet with a projecting eaves that includes an inscription. There is an attached brick parapet wall with contemporary spear-topped railings at the front. The rear facade mirrors the one facing Star Hill, while the sloping hill to the south allows for a two-storey elevation on King Street. There is also a later addition to the Delce Street frontage, which has been significantly altered but retains some Tudor-Gothick details.
Local climate
St Catherine's Hospital with Wall and Railings to Front sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
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