HOSPITAL OF ROBERT DUDLEY EARL OF LEICESTER
Overview
Heritage Category: Listed Building
Grade: I
List Entry Number: 1035441
Date first listed: 10-Jan-1953
Statutory Address: HOSPITAL OF ROBERT DUDLEY EARL OF LEICESTER, HIGH STREET
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Location
Statutory Address: HOSPITAL OF ROBERT DUDLEY EARL OF LEICESTER, HIGH STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
County: Warwickshire
District: Warwick (District Authority)
Parish: Warwick
National Grid Reference: SP 28021 64742
Summary
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Reasons for Designation
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History
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Details
1.
1781 HIGH STREET
(North Side)
Hospital of
Robert Dudley,
Earl of
Leicester
SP 2864 NW 1/290 10.1.53.
I GV
2.
Built round a courtyard. South range with Guildhall circa 1483. East
range before 1400. North range with Master's House probably medieval,
much restored with some C16 partitions and south wall. West wing with
King James's Banqueting Hall, late medieval with modern facsimile west
wall, fine early open timber roof with tiebeams.
For full history see Transactions of Birtaimham Archaeological Society,
Vol LX, 1936.
Originally built by the Guild of St George and the Holy Trinity in C15,
and taken by Lord Leicester in 1571 for the purpose of forming a pensioners'
hospital. 2 storey plus attic. Heavy timber framing of various types,
in fair state of repair, much of which is original close set studding.
Extensive restoration in C18 and also about 1850, when timber framing was
uncovered by removal of plaster and two small flush gables were added to
the High Street elevation. Restored roof, mainly of old tiles. Internal
features of considerable interest include open quadrangle with covered
gallery, Guildhall (right hand side of main entrance), which was converted
to the Brethren's Quarters in C18.
VCH, viii, pp. 423-6.
Nos 54 and 56, and the Hospital of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, in
High Street (North Side): Nos 1 and 1A Brook Street, and West Gate and
St James's Chapel, all form a group.
Listing NGR: SP2802164742
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
Legacy System number: 307506
Legacy System: LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Doubleday, AH, Page, W, The Victoria History of the County of Warwick, (1969)
'Transactions of the Birmingham Archaeological Society' in Transactions of the Birmingham Archaeological Society, , Vol. 60, (1936)
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
End of official listing