John Smith's Hospital is a Grade II listed building in the Canterbury local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 May 1967. Almshouse. 10 related planning applications.

John Smith's Hospital

WRENN ID
spare-spandrel-jay
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Canterbury
Constituency
Canterbury MP: Rosie Duffield (Ind)
Country
England
Date first listed
3 May 1967
Type
Almshouse
Address
John Smith's Hospital, 37-44, Longport
OS grid reference
TR 157 576
Coordinates
51.27738, 1.09214
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

John Smith’s Hospital comprises a row of almshouses dated 1657. The buildings are timber-framed and faced with red brick, arranged over one storey. They have a tiled roof punctuated by four large brick stacks, and a restored modillion eaves cornice. Each almshouse has a casement window with shutters. Shaped Dutch gables mark the ends of the block. The rear elevation features a hipped roof. Number 38 is distinguished by a substantial red brick chimney breast. Nos 37 to 44 form a group.

Local climate

John Smith's Hospital sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 52% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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  • 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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