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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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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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