The Almshouses is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 October 1950. Almshouse.
The Almshouses
- WRENN ID
- waning-parapet-heath
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 October 1950
- Type
- Almshouse
- Address
- The Almshouses, Barrow
- OS grid reference
- SJ 658 000
- Coordinates
- 52.59729, -2.50576
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Almshouses were founded in 1621 and were relocated from their original site about three hundred yards away, being rebuilt in 1816. The building is constructed of red brick and is a single-storey structure. It originally featured six stone mullioned windows, which have now been replaced with modern steel casement windows. There are three plain brick stacks, and the roof is tiled. The interior has been recently modernised.
Local climate
The Almshouses receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% 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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