Gell Almshouses is a Grade II listed building in the Derbyshire Dales local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 October 1983. Almshouse.
Gell Almshouses
- WRENN ID
- crumbling-gargoyle-onyx
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Derbyshire Dales
- Constituency
- Derbyshire Dales MP: John Whitby (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 October 1983
- Type
- Almshouse
- Address
- Gell Almshouses, 1, 2, 3 and 4, Main Street, Hopton
- OS grid reference
- SK 261 532
- Coordinates
- 53.07603, -1.61171
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Gell Almshouses are a group of almshouses built between 1719 and 1722. They are constructed from coursed squared limestone with gritstone dressings and feature a stone slate roof with a stone ridge. The building has brick stacks at the gable ends and ridge, along with stone copings, moulded kneelers, and a moulded cornice. The structure is single-storey and consists of eight bays.
The south elevation includes a central gabled projecting bay adorned with moulded copings and kneelers. A plaque in the center of the gable features an incised coat of arms and reads: "This Hospital was began 1719 by S. Philip Gell Bart in his lifetime and by him endorsed for the life of 2 poor men and 2 poor women of Hopton and Carson. Finished by his Executors and inhabited Sept 1722." Below the plaque, there is a stringcourse that connects to the cornice.
On either side of four doorcases, which have large jambs and lintels, there are 2-light flush mullioned windows. All doors consist of six raised and fielded panels, and the windows are fitted with small paned casements.
Local climate
Gell Almshouses receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 52% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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