Front and South Side Walls and Arch to Royal Hospital for Sick Children is a Grade II listed building in the Bristol, City of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 March 1977. Hospital. 1 related planning application.

Front and South Side Walls and Arch to Royal Hospital for Sick Children

WRENN ID
dreaming-slate-wagtail
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bristol, City of
Constituency
Bristol Central MP: Carla Denyer (Green)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 March 1977
Type
Hospital
Address
Front and South Side Walls and Arch to Royal Hospital for Sick Children, St Michaels Hill, BS2 8BH
OS grid reference
ST 584 734
Coordinates
51.45876, -2.60012
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The front and south side walls and archway of the Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Bristol were constructed in 1885 by Robert Carwen. They are made of red Pennant rubble with limestone dressings. The walls extend to the steps and round the south side for approximately 50 meters.

Local climate

Front and South Side Walls and Arch to Royal Hospital for Sick Children receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 62% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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