Morley Almshouses is a Grade II listed building in the Erewash local planning authority area, England. Almshouse.
Morley Almshouses
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Erewash
- Constituency
- Mid Derbyshire MP: Jonathan Davies (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Almshouse
- Address
- Morley Almshouses, Morley Almshouses Lane
- OS grid reference
- SK 386 413
- Coordinates
- 52.9677, -1.42588
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Morley Almshouses is a terrace of six almshouses founded and built for Jacynth Sacheverell in 1656. The building is constructed of coursed squared gritstone with gritstone dressings and features a plain tile roof with chamfered stone coped gables and three brick stacks positioned just off the ridge. It is a single-storey structure with a symmetrical south elevation consisting of twelve bays and a central gable.
The facade includes two doorways, each with chamfered stone lintels and sills, leading to plank doors. Above these doorways is a large aedicule supported by Ionic pilasters and topped with a broken pediment, which encloses the Sacheverell coat of arms. A square sundial is positioned above the pediment. To the right of the central gable are a 2-light window, two single light windows, and another 2-light recessed and chamfered mullioned window. There are two additional doorways with chamfered lintels and sills, leading to plank doors, followed by a further 2-light window and a single recessed and chamfered mullion window. The doorways and windows on the left side of the gable mirror those on the right, creating a balanced and symmetrical appearance.
Local climate
Morley Almshouses receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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