Opthalmic Hospital is a Grade II listed building in the Maidstone local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 August 1974. Hospital. 10 related planning applications.
Opthalmic Hospital
- WRENN ID
- last-newel-dew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Maidstone
- Constituency
- Maidstone and Malling MP: Helen Grant (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 August 1974
- Type
- Hospital
- Address
- Opthalmic Hospital, Church Street, ME14 1DT
- OS grid reference
- TQ 762 559
- Coordinates
- 51.27515, 0.52492
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Ophthalmic Hospital, dated 1846 and designed by architect John Whichcord, is a two-storey building constructed from Kentish ragstone ashlar. The central section features three bays with blank curved gables, flanked by two one-bay sections. These are further surrounded by projecting one-bay portions that also have curved gables. On the left side, there is an additional four-bay section with a gable. The building displays long and short quoins, and the windows are mullioned and transomed casements. The central entrance features a doorcase set within a round-headed arch, complete with stone voussoirs and pilasters.
Local climate
Opthalmic Hospital sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 10 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- 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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