Thompson's Hospital is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1955. Almshouses.

Thompson's Hospital

WRENN ID
keen-facade-falcon
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Downs National Park
Constituency
Arundel and South Downs MP: Andrew Griffith (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 February 1955
Type
Almshouses
Address
Thompson's Hospital, 1-7, North Street, Petworth, Chichester
OS grid reference
SU 976 221
Coordinates
50.99071, -0.60961
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Thompson's Hospital is a block of almshouses founded by Thomas Thompson in 1618. It was restored in the 19th century and again in 1980. The building has two storeys and features seven windows, with the southernmost window bay projecting. It has seven gables that have renewed scalloped bargeboards. The structure is made of stone rubble with red brick dressings and quoins, topped with a tiled roof. The windows are casement style with dripstones above, and there are four-centred red brick doorways.

Local climate

Thompson's Hospital receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 63% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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