Taylor's Almshouses is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 October 1952. Almshouses. 2 related planning applications.
Taylor's Almshouses
- WRENN ID
- unlit-gable-grove
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Constituency
- Chester South and Eddisbury MP: Aphra Brandreth (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 October 1952
- Type
- Almshouses
- Address
- Taylor's Almshouses, Chester Road, Malpas, SY14 8HT
- OS grid reference
- SJ 487 474
- Coordinates
- 53.02155, -2.76581
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Taylor's Almshouses is a row of six almshouses built in 1854 in Malpas, Cheshire. Constructed of Flemish bond brown brickwork with a graded grey slate roof, the building is symmetrical and one storey in height. A central front gable features a shield-shaped stone inscribed with "IN USUM PAUPERUM A MARIA TAYLOR MDCCCLIV" (For the Use of the Poor, by Maria Taylor, 1854). There are three recessed porches, each serving two almshouses. Originally, each dwelling contained one room at the front and one at the rear; these have since been modified to include bathrooms. The doorways are boarded. Each dwelling has a single two-pane casement window at the front, featuring a wedge lintel and projecting cill of red sandstone. Shaped bargeboards adorn the gables. Three brick chimneys, each with two diagonal flues, are plinthed. The rear of the building was altered in the mid-20th century, but the alterations were sympathetic to the original design. The interiors were not inspected as part of the listing process.
Local climate
Taylor's Almshouses receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 6 transactions since 1997
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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