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St Margaret's Hospital

A Grade II* Listed Building in Taunton, Somerset

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.0176 / 51°1'3"N

Longitude: -3.087 / 3°5'13"W

OS Eastings: 323846

OS Northings: 124810

OS Grid: ST238248

Mapcode National: GBR M1.J5QZ

Mapcode Global: FRA 46FF.754

Plus Code: 9C3R2W97+25

Entry Name: St Margaret's Hospital

Listing Date: 4 June 1952

Last Amended: 4 July 1975

Grade: II*

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1232831

English Heritage Legacy ID: 269752

ID on this website: 101232831

Location: Firepool, Somerset, TA1

County: Somerset

District: Somerset West and Taunton

Electoral Ward/Division: Taunton Halcon

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Taunton

Traditional County: Somerset

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Somerset

Tagged with: Almshouse Former hospital Thatched building

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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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