Wright's Almshouses is a Grade II* listed building in the Cheshire East local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 April 1948. Almshouse. 11 related planning applications.
Wright's Almshouses
- WRENN ID
- hallowed-latch-azure
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire East
- Constituency
- Crewe and Nantwich MP: Connor Naismith (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 April 1948
- Type
- Almshouse
- Address
- Wright's Almshouses, Beam Street, Nantwich, CW5 5LZ
- OS grid reference
- SJ 654 525
- Coordinates
- 53.06885, -2.51698
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Wright's Almshouses, located at 1425 London Road, were built in 1638 by Sir Edmund Wright, who was the Lord Mayor of London in 1641. This structure consists of a block of six cottages, each two storeys high. The building is constructed of brick and features stone long and short quoins, a moulded string course, and quoined surrounds for the windows and doors. The gable copings are topped with ball feet, and there are six iron casement windows with stone mullions and jambs, which have restored leaded lights, although many are now broken. The cottages also have six batten doors with moulded joints that have been restored. The roof is tiled and features good brick stacks. A carved stone panel at the centre displays arms and a partly defaced inscription. When inspected, the building was unoccupied and in urgent need of repair, with plans proposed to dismantle it and re-erect it at Crewe's Almshouses in Beam Street.
Local climate
Wright's Almshouses receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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- Related listed building consents — 11 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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