Remains of Almshouses Approximately 20 Metres to West of Nave of Church of St Bartholomew is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 August 1984. Almshouses.
Remains of Almshouses Approximately 20 Metres to West of Nave of Church of St Bartholomew
- WRENN ID
- rough-outpost-rush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- The Wrekin MP: Mark Pritchard (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 August 1984
- Type
- Almshouses
- OS grid reference
- SJ 795 073
- Coordinates
- 52.66392, -2.30417
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The remains of almshouses date back to the 15th century and are located approximately 20 metres to the west of the nave of the Church of St. Bartholomew. The north wall measures about 25 metres in length and features a central moulded arched doorway with a hoodmould, flanked by two moulded arched windows, each also with a hoodmould. These details are noted in Cranage, Volume 1, page 54, and in G. Griffith's "History of Tong and Boscobel," published in 1894.
Local climate
Remains of Almshouses Approximately 20 Metres to West of Nave of Church of St Bartholomew receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 82% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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