Front Wall with Railings to Bideford and Torridge Hospital is a Grade II listed building in the Torridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 March 1973. Wall.

Front Wall with Railings to Bideford and Torridge Hospital

WRENN ID
strange-keep-juniper
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Torridge
Constituency
Torridge and Tavistock MP: Sir Geoffrey Cox (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 March 1973
Type
Wall
Address
Front Wall with Railings to Bideford and Torridge Hospital, Meddon Street
OS grid reference
SS 449 263
Coordinates
51.01566, -4.2118
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The front wall with railings for Bideford and Torridge Hospital, originally built as a workhouse, dates from 1837 to 1839. The wall is primarily constructed of stone rubble, with curved entrance sections likely made of rendered brick. It is low overall, except for taller sections at the entrance ends, and features a chamfered coping. An iron railing with spearhead finials runs along the top of the wall. Each end of the two straight sections is marked by a square stone ashlar pier topped with a moulded cap.

Local climate

Front Wall with Railings to Bideford and Torridge Hospital receives an average of 960 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 88% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 10 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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