Courtlands Hospital is a Grade II listed building in the Worthing local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 July 1974. Hospital. 7 related planning applications.
Courtlands Hospital
- WRENN ID
- moated-keep-wax
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Worthing
- Constituency
- Worthing West MP: Dr Beccy Cooper (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 July 1974
- Type
- Hospital
- Address
- Courtlands Hospital, Parklands Avenue
- OS grid reference
- TQ 119 024
- Coordinates
- 50.81125, -0.41291
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Originally a house, later adapted for use as a hospital, dating to the early 19th century with significant alterations in the early 20th century. The building is constructed of brick with stone dressings and a slate roof, featuring brick chimneystacks. It is a large and rambling structure, extending over two and three stories, and has been considerably altered and expanded, possibly incorporating an older core. The North front features a columned porch, while the South front incorporates pilasters and ironwork believed to be re-used elements from the Adam style. A projecting bay supported by columns is visible on the East front.
The interior was refurbished in the early 20th century and incorporates reused 18th-century features. A staircase with iron balusters is attributed to Adam, and the entrance hall displays plasterwork in the Adam style. The hall also contains a 20th-century marble floor, an 18th-century marble fireplace with a panel depicting cherubs, alternating glyphs, paterae, corner urns, and fluted pilasters. A painted glass dome, purportedly originating from the 1788 Cordwainers' Hall at No. 7 Cannon Street, London, which was demolished in 1909 (though its later date is more likely), is a notable feature. The Queen Anne Room is fitted with early 20th-century oak panelling. The Drawing Room exhibits a later 18th-century style with gilding, pilasters, mirrors, and a finely coffered ceiling. The ceiling's placement is unusual, as one end overlaps a bow window extending the full width of the house. Tradition suggests the ceiling originated in Paris, but it is also possible it is part of Sylvanus Hall's work for the Cordwainers’ Hall of 1788. The L-shaped portion of the hospital on the right is not considered to be of special architectural interest.
Local climate
Courtlands Hospital receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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 — 2 transactions since 2016
- Related listed building consents — 7 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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