Almhouses is a Grade II listed building in the South Kesteven local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 January 1987. Almshouse. 1 related planning application.
Almhouses
- WRENN ID
- ruined-barrel-acorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Kesteven
- Constituency
- Rutland and Stamford MP: Alicia Kearns (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 January 1987
- Type
- Almshouse
- Address
- Almhouses, 1-5, Village Street, Stoke Rochford, NG32 2EW
- OS grid reference
- SK 919 273
- Coordinates
- 52.83561, -0.63701
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
These are five almshouses located on the south side of Village Street in Stoke Rochford. They were originally built around 1677 by Edmund Turnor and were remodeled around 1851, possibly by William Burn for Sir Christopher Turnor, with some minor alterations in the 20th century. The almshouses are constructed from squared limestone rubble and feature slate roofs with raised stone coped gables topped with ball finials, as well as two square ridge stacks with cornices.
The building is single storey with a nine-bay front and attics, flanked by taller advanced wings. The central doorway is chamfered and has an inscription on the lintel that was repaired in 1851. Above this doorway, the coped gable contains a sunk panel with a shield and an inscription noting the original foundation date of 1677. This central section is flanked by two single-light windows and one two-light window.
The projecting end wings have canted bays with hipped stone roofs, and the gables feature two-light windows. All windows are designed with ovolo moulded mullions and transoms. The sides of the wings include chamfered doorways. Additionally, there are 20th-century single-storey extensions on either side of the almshouses.
Local climate
Almhouses 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 83% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 64% 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 2017
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- Radon risk assessment
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