General Hospital (Central Block) and Attached Railings is a Grade II* listed building in the Cheltenham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 May 1972. Hospital. 45 related planning applications.
General Hospital (Central Block) and Attached Railings
- WRENN ID
- under-steel-quill
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheltenham
- Constituency
- Cheltenham MP: Max Wilkinson (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 May 1972
- Type
- Hospital
- Address
- General Hospital (Central Block) and Attached Railings, Sandford Road
- OS grid reference
- SO 951 215
- Coordinates
- 51.89214, -2.07207
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The General Hospital, specifically the central block, was built in 1848. The architect was DJ Humphris, and it cost approximately £2,000 to construct. It is built of rendered stone with a slate roof, featuring ashlar detailing and lateral stucco stacks. Iron railings are attached to the building. The design is in the Greek Revival style, forming an "E" shape.
The building has two storeys above a basement, with 11 first-floor windows arranged in a 2:2:3:2:2 pattern. A single-storey wing, also above a basement, extends to the right with a two-window range. The end wings project, each incorporating clasping full-height Doric pilasters. A central tetrastyle portico features giant fluted Ionic columns supporting a pediment and crowning entablature. The windows are 6/6 sash windows set in plain reveals with sills; those on the ground floor have tooled architraves and cornices. A concealed basement is present. A wide flight of steps leads to the central entrance, which features a two-panel door and a blind, panelled overlight within a tooled architrave and floating cornice.
The interior retains original features, including remnants of an open-well staircase with stick balusters and a mahogany handrail with a wreathed handrail. An entrance loggia contains two Ionic columns. A sculpture of The Good Samaritan by Holme Cardwell of Rome, dating from 1852, is located within the building. The remainder of the interior was not inspected.
The attached area railings feature an “X” motif.
Local climate
General Hospital (Central Block) and Attached Railings receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 51% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 7 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 45 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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