Montagu Hospital is a Grade II* listed building in the North Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 October 1951. Almshouse.
Montagu Hospital
- WRENN ID
- last-glass-thistle
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- North Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Kettering MP: Rosie Wrighting (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 October 1951
- Type
- Almshouse
- Address
- Montagu Hospital, Weekley
- OS grid reference
- SP 888 809
- Coordinates
- 52.41907, -0.69566
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Montagu Hospital is a former almshouse, now a house, dated 1611. It is constructed of limestone ashlar with a Collyweston stone slate roof, featuring a coped gablet and moulded stone end stacks. The building is two storeys high and has a symmetrical four-window range.
The central entrance is Tudor-headed and is set beneath a classical entablature that projects forward on brackets at either end, supporting ornate obelisks. There is a frieze inscribed with "WHAT.THOU.DOEST.DO.YT.IN.FAYTH". The entrance features a wide-boarded studded door on strap hinges. Above the door, the Montagu arms are displayed in a scrolly cartouche decorated with strapwork. Above this is a painted sundial dated 1631, which includes the carved date of 1611. The centrepiece is topped with an elaborate curved gable that has kneelers and obelisk finials, along with a central circular blind panel.
A casement-moulded string course runs above the ground floor windows, and the first floor is recessed above a chamfered set-off. The windows are ovolo-moulded stone-mullioned with rectangular-leaded casements, consisting of a 2-light and a 4-light on each floor flanking the central feature. There is also a sundial on the south gable end. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
Montagu Hospital sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 50% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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