Theophilus Cave's Almshouses, Including Boundary Wall and Gate is a Grade II listed building in the Charnwood local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 June 1966. Almshouse.
Theophilus Cave's Almshouses, Including Boundary Wall and Gate
- WRENN ID
- ghost-iron-elder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Charnwood
- Constituency
- Loughborough MP: Dr Jeevun Sandher (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 June 1966
- Type
- Almshouse
- Address
- Theophilus Cave's Almshouses, Including Boundary Wall and Gate, 16, Church Street, Barrow Upon Soar
- OS grid reference
- SK 576 175
- Coordinates
- 52.75228, -1.14765
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Theophilus Cave's Almshouses, founded in 1686 by Humphrey Babington in memory of his uncle, Theophilus Cave, were designed to accommodate six bachelors. The building has a deep 'U' plan and is two storeys high. The lower storey features original random granite rubble, while the first floor has later (early 19th century) Flemish bond brickwork. It includes limestone and brick dressings, with limestone quoins, and is topped by a hipped slate roof. The windows are elaborately latticed casements, although some have been replaced. The central range consists of three bays and features a central projecting stone porch supported by Tuscan pilasters, with an overlight above the architrave. Above this is a broken pediment that contains a coat of arms. The boundary wall includes a central stone gateway with Tuscan pilasters, an architrave, and a broken pediment featuring arms and an inscription plate beneath. Large consoles connect the gateway to the boundary wall on each side.
Local climate
Theophilus Cave's Almshouses, Including Boundary Wall and Gate sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% 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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