George Woofindin Almshouses is a Grade II listed building in the Sheffield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 December 1995. Almshouses.
George Woofindin Almshouses
- WRENN ID
- winter-footing-wren
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Sheffield
- Constituency
- Sheffield Central MP: Abtisam Mohamed (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 December 1995
- Type
- Almshouses
- Address
- George Woofindin Almshouses, 1-18, Ecclesall Road
- OS grid reference
- SK 332 858
- Coordinates
- 53.36853, -1.50114
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The George Woofindin Almshouses, built in 1899 and funded by George Woofindin, consist of 18 almshouses. They are constructed from red brick with moulded brick and ashlar dressings, topped with plain tile roofs. The design features three blocks set at an obtuse angle, connected by gabled archways. The buildings are two storeys high and have a total of 19 bays arranged in a pattern of 6:7:6.
Most of the windows are cross casements with stone mullions and transoms. The central block includes a prominent gable with a central panel that has an inscription and datestone. Below this, there is a round-arched doorway with glazed double doors and a label mould, along with a three-light overlight featuring mullions. On either side of the doorway, there are tall three-light windows. Each side of the central block has three gabled through-eaves dormers, each containing three-light windows.
Additionally, there is a canted and hipped double bay window with three lights, flanked on the inner side by a round-arched doorway with a hoodmould and on the outer side by two similar doorways. There is also a single canted bay window further along. At each end of the central block, there are round-arched doorways beneath steep pitched coped gables topped with ball finials. The flanking blocks each feature six through-eaves dormers with three-light windows, along with two doorways flanked by double bay windows, followed by double doorways and single bay windows. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
George Woofindin Almshouses receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 53% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 76% 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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