Kingston Cottage Homes is a Grade II listed building in the South Holland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 June 1993. Almshouse. 2 related planning applications.
Kingston Cottage Homes
- WRENN ID
- crooked-rubblework-dock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Holland
- Constituency
- South Holland and The Deepings MP: Sir John Hayes (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 June 1993
- Type
- Almshouse
- Address
- Kingston Cottage Homes, 3 5 7 and 9, South Parade, PE11 2YJ
- OS grid reference
- TF 243 222
- Coordinates
- 52.78381, -0.15723
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Kingston Cottage Homes comprise a group of four almshouses built in 1905, designed by J B Corby. The buildings are constructed of red brick with ashlar dressings, and have fishscale and plain tile roofs featuring decorative ridge tiles, a single ridge stack topped with four decorative pots, and two gable stacks with three decorative pots each (one gable stack has been removed). The design is in a U-shape. The central block is set back and features a lean-to on the ground floor with a central arch over a seat, and flanking four-light mullion square bays, beyond which are further arches over single doorways. The upper floors have two three-light mullion windows, above which is a central ornate curved gable displaying a shield and inscription. Projecting gabled wings are situated to either side, each with a three-light canted bay window with mullions on the ground floor, a four-light mullion window above, and a square panel with a shield above that. The gables have ornate ashlar coping and column kneelers. The side facades each have a single doorway with a moulded ashlar surround.
Local climate
Kingston Cottage Homes sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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 — 6 transactions since 2006
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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