Lodge - Former Princess Elizabeth Orthopaedic Hospital is a Grade II listed building in the Exeter local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 March 2000. Lodge.

Lodge - Former Princess Elizabeth Orthopaedic Hospital

WRENN ID
sharp-zinc-bistre
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Exeter
Constituency
Exeter MP: Steve Race (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 March 2000
Type
Lodge
Address
Lodge - Former Princess Elizabeth Orthopaedic Hospital, Wonford Road
OS grid reference
SX 934 917
Coordinates
50.71563, -3.51114
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The former lodge for the Princess Elizabeth Orthopaedic Hospital is a building dating from the mid-19th century, constructed for James Veitch and later extended in the 20th century. It is made of snecked grey limestone and features a Welsh slate roof adorned with ornate pierced bargeboards and pendants. The building has an L-shaped plan, with a porch located in the angle and a small single-storey extension added at the rear.

The exterior is two storeys high and presents an asymmetrical east front. On the left, there is a gabled wing that includes a canted bay on the ground floor topped with a lead-clad hipped roof with a valance. The windows are moulded 2-light mullions with hoodmoulds, although the original casements have been replaced. To the right, there is a lean-to porch in the angle and an arched doorway with a plank door. The south side features a gable on the left and a lateral stack on the right, while the rear has a truncated lateral stack and the small rendered extension.

Inside, the lodge retains 19th-century joinery, including a staircase with stick balusters.

Local climate

Lodge - Former Princess Elizabeth Orthopaedic Hospital 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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