Forest Hospital is a Grade II listed building in the Horsham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 July 1974. Hospital.
Forest Hospital
- WRENN ID
- frozen-granite-peregrine
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Horsham
- Constituency
- Horsham MP: John Milne (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 July 1974
- Type
- Hospital
- Address
- Forest Hospital, Crawley Road, North Horsham
- OS grid reference
- TQ 188 317
- Coordinates
- 51.07266, -0.30489
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Forest Hospital, formerly known as Horsham Public Assistance Institution, was built in 1838. The building forms a complete quadrangle, with the main north front featuring a central block and two wings connected by single-storey structures. It is constructed of painted brick, with the ground floor finished in stucco and rustication, and has a slate roof.
The central block is two storeys high and has six windows, with a projecting section that includes two windows under a pediment. Below this, there is an oculus flanked by round-headed windows. A large carriage arch rises through a stringcourse into the first floor. Each wing is also two storeys tall and contains two windows. The single-storey buildings feature three large round-headed windows that rise through a stringcourse. The entire front has a modillion eaves cornice, and the first-floor windows are segmental-headed. All windows are sash with intact glazing bars.
Local climate
Forest Hospital receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 53% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 62% 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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