John Brabin's Almshouses is a Grade II listed building in the Ribble Valley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 February 1967. Almshouses. 4 related planning applications.

John Brabin's Almshouses

WRENN ID
unlit-lancet-hawthorn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Ribble Valley
Constituency
Ribble Valley MP: Maya Ellis (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
13 February 1967
Type
Almshouses
Address
John Brabin's Almshouses, 29 and 33, Windy Street, Chipping, PR3 2GD
OS grid reference
SD 623 432
Coordinates
53.88374, -2.57449
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

John Brabin's Almshouses are two cottages that were formerly three almshouses, built in the late 17th century and altered over time. They are constructed from sandstone rubble and topped with a stone slate roof, standing two storeys high. The facade features three chamfered door surrounds with triangular heads. Each window consists of two lights with a mullion. To the right of the left-hand door, there is a window on each floor; the ground-floor window has a plain stone head with rebated and chamfered jambs and a chamfered mullion, while the first-floor window has a plain stone surround and a square mullion. Similar details are found in the windows to the right of the middle door. The right-hand door has a window to its left on each floor, both with plain stone surrounds and square mullions. The chimneys, likely added in the late 19th or 20th century, are made of rock-faced stone and are located on each side of the central bay. On the first floor of the right-hand gable, there is a sandstone plaque with a moulded border that is carved with 'JOHN BRABIN 1684'.

Local climate

John Brabin's Almshouses sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,310 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 95% 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 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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