Pegg's Almshouses is a Grade II* listed building in the Derbyshire Dales local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 June 1951. A Early Modern Almshouse.
Pegg's Almshouses
- WRENN ID
- endless-lime-quill
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Derbyshire Dales
- Constituency
- Derbyshire Dales MP: John Whitby (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 June 1951
- Type
- Almshouse
- Period
- Early Modern
- Address
- Pegg's Almshouses, Church Street, Ashbourne
- OS grid reference
- SK 177 465
- Coordinates
- 53.01588, -1.73626
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Pegg's Almshouses were founded in 1669 and built shortly after. The building is made of ashlar and consists of a single-storey range positioned at right angles to the street. It features coupled two-light mullioned windows throughout and ledged doors set in chamfered four-centred arches. The stone gabled ends are notable, with the side facing the street displaying a large armorial and inscribed panels that contain lengthy Latin inscriptions. There are modern or restored clustered stone stacks. Opposite the almshouses is a detached range of outbuildings, including latrines, built in 1848 in a similar style, and the structure has old tiles. Pegg's Almshouses, along with Nos 38, 40, and 72, Owlfield's Almshouses, The Mansion, the Summerhouse, and the cobbled pavements, form a group with the parish Church of St Oswald and the churchyard gate piers, gates, and walls.
Local climate
Pegg's Almshouses receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 56% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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