Gateway and Wall of St Bartholomew Hospital is a Grade II listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. Hospital entrance.

Gateway and Wall of St Bartholomew Hospital

WRENN ID
solitary-casement-falcon
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Berkshire
Constituency
Newbury MP: Mr Lee Dillon (LD)
Country
England
Type
Hospital entrance
Address
Gateway and Wall of St Bartholomew Hospital, Argyle Road, Newbury
OS grid reference
SU 469 665
Coordinates
51.39631, -1.32707
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The gateway and wall of St Bartholomew Hospital, built around 1698, feature brick piers topped with contemporary stone urns. The gateway is accessed by steps that are enclosed by a courtyard wall. The brick courtyard wall has bull-nose coping.

Local climate

Gateway and Wall of St Bartholomew Hospital receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 61% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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