Almshouses and attached walls and railings, 28-34 Main Street is a Grade II listed building in the South Derbyshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 January 1987. Almshouses. 4 related planning applications.
Almshouses and attached walls and railings, 28-34 Main Street
- WRENN ID
- veiled-pavement-river
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Derbyshire
- Constituency
- South Derbyshire MP: Samantha Niblett (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 January 1987
- Type
- Almshouses
- Address
- Almshouses and attached walls and railings, 28-34 Main Street, Newton Solney, DE15 0SJ
- OS grid reference
- SK 281 256
- Coordinates
- 52.82744, -1.5844
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A row of four almshouses located at 28-34 Main Street, Newton Solney, was erected and endowed in 1876 by John Higgott. The buildings are constructed of red brick with blue brick and stone dressings, and feature a plain tile roof with decorative bargeboards and five ridge stacks. The almshouses are single-storied and symmetrical in their two halves. Each cottage has a doorway flanked by windows on its south side. All windows are fitted with wooden cross windows, while the doorways have plank doors with overlights, each featuring segment pointed heads with polychromatic arches. To the south, a low blue brick wall with rounded copings encloses the front garden, surmounted by iron railings supported by four square piers with pyramid caps.
Local climate
Almshouses and attached walls and railings, 28-34 Main Street receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 65% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 5 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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