Wonford Hospital Gateway and Boundary Walls is a Grade II listed building in the Exeter local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 December 1998. Gateway, boundary wall.

Wonford Hospital Gateway and Boundary Walls

WRENN ID
idle-obsidian-auburn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Exeter
Constituency
Exeter MP: Steve Race (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 December 1998
Type
Gateway, boundary wall
Address
Wonford Hospital Gateway and Boundary Walls, Dryden Road
OS grid reference
SX 937 916
Coordinates
50.71434, -3.50668
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The gateway and boundary walls of Wonford Hospital were built in 1865 by W. F. Cross. They are made of uncoursed stone and feature pillars topped with enriched dome caps. The structure includes curved walls that are stone-coped, forming both the entrance and the boundary of the hospital.

Local climate

Wonford Hospital Gateway and Boundary Walls receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 72% 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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