'The Bungalow' (Former Isolation Ward) at the North Wales Hospital, inc associated Mortuary Block is a Grade II listed building in the Denbighshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 15 April 1994. Hospital.

'The Bungalow' (Former Isolation Ward) at the North Wales Hospital, inc associated Mortuary Block

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Denbighshire
Constituency
Clwyd North MP: Gill German (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
15 April 1994
Type
Hospital
Address
'The Bungalow' (Former Isolation Ward) at the North Wales Hospital, inc associated Mortuary Block, Denbigh
OS grid reference
SJ 049 650
Coordinates
53.17437, -3.42314
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The Bungalow, formerly an isolation ward at the North Wales Hospital, is a Grade II listed building that includes an associated mortuary block. This structure consists of male and female isolation wards designed as mirrored units around a central two-storey block, linked by glazed corridors. It is built from snecked brown-grey stone and features slate roofs.

The central block is recessed and has two gables, each adorned with mullioned and transomed windows on both floors. The central bay contains a small first-floor window and a doorway with a small-pane over-light and marginal glazing. The outer gabled bays have cross-windows, with small-pane glazing on the ground floor. There is a projecting end chimney and a tall small-pane window at the rear. The rear elevation displays paired windows in each gable, with a smaller window positioned between them.

The left wing of the building features a cupola on its roof, along with a projecting gabled bay that includes a mullioned and transomed window and a vent slot in the gable apex. There is another mullioned and transomed window to the left, with a smaller square window beyond it. To the right of the gabled bay, there is a mullioned and transomed window, a splayed corner with a similar window, and an additional mullioned and transomed window at the gabled end. The rear of this wing has transomed windows and a projecting gabled bay at the inner end, along with a small single-storey gabled office. This wing connects to the central block via a corridor that has a stone wall rising to about 1 meter, with small-pane glazing above. The front of the corridor has a monopitch slate roof and a door leading to the inner return. The right wing mirrors the left wing's design.

At the rear, a parallel single-storey mortuary range is connected by a wall and service buildings. It is constructed in the same style, featuring louvered roof vents, small-pane windows, and a boarded door.

Local climate

'The Bungalow' (Former Isolation Ward) at the North Wales Hospital, inc associated Mortuary Block sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 960 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 59% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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