The Cromford Almshouses or Bedehouses is a Grade II listed building in the Derbyshire Dales local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 June 1971. A C17 Almshouse. 5 related planning applications.
The Cromford Almshouses or Bedehouses
- WRENN ID
- cold-nave-twilight
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Derbyshire Dales
- Constituency
- Derbyshire Dales MP: John Whitby (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 June 1971
- Type
- Almshouse
- Address
- The Cromford Almshouses or Bedehouses, Bedehouse Lane, DE4 3QZ
- OS grid reference
- SK 293 564
- Coordinates
- 53.1048, -1.56287
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Cromford Almshouses, also known as Bedehouses, originated in 1662 with the establishment of the charity. These are single-storey buildings constructed of stone. Each house features a flat-headed stone doorway and a two-light mullioned window. The roofs are covered with old stone tiles.
Local climate
The Cromford Almshouses or Bedehouses 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 5 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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