St Margaret's Hospital is a Grade II* listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 June 1952. A C16 Hospital, almshouse.
St Margaret's Hospital
- WRENN ID
- eastward-stone-pine
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 June 1952
- Type
- Hospital, almshouse
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This list entry was subject to a Minor Enhancement on 9 August 2022 to update the name and amend the description and to reformat the text to current standards
ST 2324 NE 13/12
HAMILTON ROAD (north side) St Margaret's Hospital
(formerly listed as St Margaret's Leper Hospital, previously listed as St Margaret's)
4.6.52.
II* Early leprosy hospital rebuilt in early C16.. Converted and occupied as almshouses 1612-1938. Restored by Rural Community Council and occupied by them since 1959. Long freestanding single storey building. Mostly of local shillet stone, now whitewashed. Thatched roof with attic rising to right. Thatch eaves on scrolled wrought-iron brackets to rear. Brick stack to right gable, stone parapet to left gable end. New oak supports to front verandah. Single and double leaded lights under wooden lintels. Original oak door frames with Tudor arched lintels. On front is a stone tablet with the arms of Abbot Bere of Glastonbury, the original restorer of the building.
Listing NGR: ST2384624810
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