Port Bredy Hospital is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. Hospital, former workhouse.
Port Bredy Hospital
- WRENN ID
- vacant-bonework-storm
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Hospital, former workhouse
- Address
- Port Bredy Hospital, Bedford Place, Bridport, DT6 3LZ
- OS grid reference
- SY 469 930
- Coordinates
- 50.73472, -2.75372
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Port Bredy Hospital, built in 1836 or shortly thereafter, was originally a workhouse. The building is constructed from hammer-dressed stone and has three storeys. It features a typical cruciform workhouse layout. The front of the building has nine ranges of windows, with sash windows on the ground floor and casements above. The central section projects forward twice and is topped with an eaves cornice and a blocking course. There is a string course at the first-floor level.
Local climate
Port Bredy Hospital receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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