Carmelite House is a Grade II listed building in the Kingston upon Hull, City of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 October 1952. A C19 Almshouse, offices.
Carmelite House
- WRENN ID
- grim-gallery-umber
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Kingston upon Hull, City of
- Constituency
- Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice MP: Emma Hardy (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 October 1952
- Type
- Almshouse, offices
- Address
- Carmelite House, Posterngate
- OS grid reference
- TA 098 286
- Coordinates
- 53.74242, -0.3364
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Carmelite House is a former almshouse for Hull Trinity House, now used as offices. It was built in 1828 by Charles Mountain the Younger and has undergone some alterations in the mid-20th century. The building is finished in painted stucco, and its roof is not visible. It features a plinth and an entablature with a coped parapet. The structure is two storeys high and has a range of thirteen windows. The end bays are highlighted by giant Doric columns in antis, adorned with metope and triglyph friezes.
On the first floor, there are thirteen 12-pane sash windows, with the central window featuring a moulded surround. Below, steps with low balustrades lead to a central stucco doorcase that includes double fielded 8-panel doors, flanked by five windows on either side. All openings are topped with cornices supported by scroll brackets. Above the door, there is a block inscribed "Carmelite House," along with similar plain blocks above the end windows.
Local climate
Carmelite House receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 55% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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