The Alms House is a Grade II listed building in the Hinckley and Bosworth local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 November 1966. House. 1 related planning application.
The Alms House
- WRENN ID
- winding-joist-thyme
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Hinckley and Bosworth
- Constituency
- Hinckley and Bosworth MP: Dr Luke Evans (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 November 1966
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Alms House, Main Street, Dadlington & Sutton Cheney, CV13 0AH
- OS grid reference
- SK 416 004
- Coordinates
- 52.60057, -1.3861
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Alms House, originally six alms houses, was built in 1612 and altered in the early 19th century. Constructed of limestone, with coursed and squared stone, the upper section is brick, and the roof is covered in plain tiles. The building features former paired doorways and two-light stone mullioned windows, with the central windows grouped in closely adjoining pairs. All doorways have three-centred arched heads; one central doorway remains in use, while the others are blocked. Small two-light casement windows are set within the brick upper storey. Stone coped gables are corbelled out, and the right-hand gable wall contains nesting holes indicating a former attached dovecote. Axial stacks are present. The alms houses were founded by Sir William Roberts.
Local climate
The Alms House 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 67% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% 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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- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2019
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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