West Block at Chirstopher Pickering Homes is a Grade II listed building in the Kingston upon Hull, City of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 January 1994. Almshouses.
West Block at Chirstopher Pickering Homes
- WRENN ID
- roaming-cobble-holly
- 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
- 21 January 1994
- Type
- Almshouses
- Address
- West Block at Chirstopher Pickering Homes, Hessle Road
- OS grid reference
- TA 055 270
- Coordinates
- 53.72962, -0.40222
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The west block at Christopher Pickering Homes is a group of almshouses, now serving as old people's homes, built in 1952. The structure is made of brick with ashlar dressings and features a plain tile roof that has two gable stacks and a single ridge stack, all of which are coped. It has a plinth and quoins, and its style is similar to the nearby almshouses constructed in 1914. Designed by J H Hirst, the building is single-storey and has a four-window range.
In the center, there is a parapeted triple bay with a central triangular pediment and an inscribed panel below it. The entrance consists of two close boarded doors flanked by single four-light stone mullioned windows. Adjacent to this are small loggias with two round-arched openings, each covering a two-light window and a door. Further along, there is another four-light stone mullioned window, followed by a door. This building is included for its group value.
Local climate
West Block at Chirstopher Pickering Homes receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 65% 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 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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