Western facade of former Dorking Hospital is a Grade II listed building in the Mole Valley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 June 1973. Hospital. 2 related planning applications.
Western facade of former Dorking Hospital
- WRENN ID
- vast-chalk-foxglove
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mole Valley
- Constituency
- Dorking and Horley MP: Chris Coghlan (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 June 1973
- Type
- Hospital
- Address
- Western facade of former Dorking Hospital, Shearburn Lodge, Downsview Gardens, RH4 2DX
- OS grid reference
- TQ 165 487
- Coordinates
- 51.22577, -0.33296
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The western facade of Downsview Gardens, formerly Shearburn Lodge and originally the Dorking Hospital (formerly Dorking General Hospital, South Terrace), dates from 1839-41 and was designed by W. Shearburn. It was originally built as an Institution or Workhouse. The facade is stuccoed and comprises five bays, with projecting pedimented centre and wing sections. The central wing’s first storey projects, supported by a prostyle portico of four Doric columns and two pillars, with returning columns, and an entablature above. A central doorway on the ground floor is flanked by two sash windows. The doorway has a rectangular fanlight and is topped with a flat hood supported by brackets. The entablature above the portico returns and extends to form a parapet. The recessed bay to either side of the central wing has two storeys and features a doorway and window identical to those in the central section. The end wings are two storeys high with a single window and a rectangular pediment above, with a band above the first floor. All windows are sash windows with intact glazing bars.
Local climate
Western facade of former Dorking Hospital receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 9 transactions since 1997
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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