The Almshouses is a Grade II listed building in the Telford and Wrekin local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 June 1978. Almshouses.
The Almshouses
- WRENN ID
- solitary-steel-foxglove
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Telford and Wrekin
- Constituency
- The Wrekin MP: Mark Pritchard (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 June 1978
- Type
- Almshouses
- Address
- The Almshouses, 26-32, Vineyard Road, Newport, TF10 7DA
- OS grid reference
- SJ 747 194
- Coordinates
- 52.77165, -2.37549
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Almshouses, dated 1836, are a pair of red brick buildings that stand two storeys high. They feature stone-coped gables on both the right and left, each topped with a stone cross. The facade is arranged in a 1+2+1 pattern of small stone-framed windows, which have modern casements, and doorways, all of which are adorned with square-headed dripmoulds. The doorways for Nos. 24 and 30 are located on the return sides and are fitted with ledged, iron-studded doors. The buildings are roofed with tiles.
Local climate
The Almshouses receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% 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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