Former Main Block to Selwood Hospital is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 May 1981. Former workhouse. 2 related planning applications.

Former Main Block to Selwood Hospital

WRENN ID
hallowed-bonework-claret
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
5 May 1981
Type
Former workhouse
Address
Former Main Block to Selwood Hospital, Ecos Court, Frome, BA11 1HY
OS grid reference
ST 769 475
Coordinates
51.22681, -2.33083
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Former Main Block to Selwood Hospital is a building that was originally a workhouse, designed based on Samuel Kempthorne's "Panopticon" plan from 1834. It may have been constructed by the architects Scott and Moffatt.

The administrative block faces east and features three windows with glazing bar sashes. There is a central door that includes a cornice and a transom light. The Y-plan building behind it is also three storeys tall and has glazing bar sash windows. The north and south wings consist of four bays, with a central gabled stair break. Additionally, there are single-storey framing wings.

Local climate

Former Main Block to Selwood Hospital receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 66% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% 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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