St Thomas' Hospital Almshouses is a Grade II listed building in the Dover local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 April 1976. Almshouses. 1 related planning application.

St Thomas' Hospital Almshouses

WRENN ID
turning-obsidian-moth
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dover
Constituency
Herne Bay and Sandwich MP: Sir Roger Gale (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
23 April 1976
Type
Almshouses
Address
St Thomas' Hospital Almshouses, 1-11, Moat Sole, Sandwich
OS grid reference
TR 328 580
Coordinates
51.27392, 1.33633
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

St Thomas' Hospital Almshouses were founded in 1392 and rebuilt in the mid-19th century. These almshouses are set back from the roadway and consist of a central block featuring a striking Gothic window with two lights and a six-foil tracery circle, along with two lancet windows on the ground floor. Flanking the central block are two single ranges, with two-storey blocks at either end. The buildings are designed in a Gothic style from the mid-19th century, constructed from random rubble with dressed quoins and slated roofs. Each gable is adorned with a heavy carved barge board. The almshouses and the gateway form a cohesive group.

Local climate

St Thomas' Hospital Almshouses sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 67% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 8 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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