The Almshouses is a Grade II listed building in the Chorley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 January 1987. Almshouse.
The Almshouses
- WRENN ID
- bitter-remnant-aspen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Chorley
- Constituency
- South Ribble MP: Mr Paul Foster (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 January 1987
- Type
- Almshouse
- Address
- The Almshouses, 1-4, Shevington Avenue, Croston
- OS grid reference
- SD 484 185
- Coordinates
- 53.66058, -2.78127
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Almshouses are a group of four single-storey units built in 1809, although they have been altered since then. They are constructed from white painted brick on a stuccoed stone base, topped with a low-pitched hipped slate roof. The building has a rectangular plan and features a symmetrical design, with the roof extending to create an open verandah at the front and sides, supported by slender iron posts. In the center, there is a pedimented gable, which was originally dated 1809 but is now boarded up.
There are two doors beneath this gable and one door at each end, all featuring pointed arched panels with blank trefoil heads. Additionally, there are two round-headed windows on each side of the center, which have intersecting tracery in the heads but altered casements below. The building has two chimney stacks on the ridge, while the rear is roughcast and of less architectural interest. The interior has not been inspected. Historically, the pediment was inscribed with a tribute to George III, marking the 50th year of his reign.
Local climate
The Almshouses sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,240 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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