Aubrey's Almshouses is a Grade II* listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 June 1952. Almshouse. 1 related planning application.

Aubrey's Almshouses

WRENN ID
plain-jamb-snow
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Herefordshire, County of
Constituency
Hereford and South Herefordshire MP: Jesse Norman (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 June 1952
Type
Almshouse
Address
Aubrey's Almshouses, 13, 15 and 17, Berrington Street, Hereford, HR4 0BJ
OS grid reference
SO 507 399
Coordinates
52.05544, -2.71923
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Aubrey's Almshouses are a group of almshouses, originally six dwellings but now three, dating to circa 1630. They stand on a brick plinth and are timber-framed and plaster-clad, with a plain tile roof featuring three gables to the front. There are three brick stacks at the rear. The buildings are arranged as three paired units.

The architectural style is characterized by a single storey with an attic. The six-window front has lattice leaded lights with central wood mullions; some inserted casements are also present, all set within close studding. The gables, supported by moulded bressumers, feature two 2-light casements. These retain some leaded lights, ornamental bracing, and moulded barge-boards with pendants. Paired plank doors are set in moulded frames, each with a simple wood hood. The right returned side also features close studding and passing braces.

The interior contains two winder stairs with octagonal newels, displaying ogee stop chamfered details, along with 19th-century plank screens. On the first floor, the exposed framing is visible, and there are two 19th-century four-panel doors. On the ground floor, a plank door leads to a stair cupboard, and the ceiling features ogee stop chamfered beams. The almshouses were converted into three dwellings in 1959.

Local climate

Aubrey's Almshouses receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 65% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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