The Almshouses is a Grade II listed building in the Broxtowe local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 March 1978. Almshouses. 2 related planning applications.
The Almshouses
- WRENN ID
- waiting-gable-mint
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Broxtowe
- Constituency
- Broxtowe MP: Juliet Campbell (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 March 1978
- Type
- Almshouses
- Address
- The Almshouses, 1-7, Cow Lane
- OS grid reference
- SK 508 375
- Coordinates
- 52.93285, -1.24498
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A group of four almshouses dating from 1852, built for Frances Jane Longden. They are constructed of brick with ashlar dressings, featuring a chamfered brick plinth and half-round brick eaves. The roofs are steeply pitched, covered with black plain and bullnose tiles. Four stacks, rebuilt in the mid-20th century, rise from the structure. The building is two storeys high and has four bays. The windows are leaded mullioned casements. The front elevation features two gabled porches with four-centred arched doorways and casements to each side, with single casements flanking each porch. A datestone inscribed "Almshouses erected by Frances Jane Longden 1852" is positioned centrally above the porches. Above the main roofline are four steeply pitched gabled cross-eaves dormers, each containing a mullioned casement. A flat-roofed single-storey addition projects from the right gable. A continuous single-storey lean-to addition is present at the rear.
Local climate
The Almshouses sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 83% 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 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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 — 8 transactions since 1996
- 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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