The Almshouses is a Grade II listed building in the East Staffordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 March 1964. Almshouses. 1 related planning application.
The Almshouses
- WRENN ID
- veiled-roof-brook
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Staffordshire
- Constituency
- Burton and Uttoxeter MP: Jacob Collier (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 March 1964
- Type
- Almshouses
- Address
- The Almshouses, Burnside, Rolleston on Dove, DE13 9DN
- OS grid reference
- SK 235 275
- Coordinates
- 52.84538, -1.65131
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Almshouses are a building dating from 1712, with restoration completed in 1892. They are constructed of red brick, featuring painted stone quoins and dressings, and have a tiled roof with end stacks and two ridge stacks. The structure is single storey with an attic and has a front that is arranged in a 1:3:3:1 pattern. There are six hipped dormers above two-light small pane casements, each with raised painted keystones. The central section of the roof has a slight break and is topped with a pediment at eaves level, which displays a coat-of-arms and an inscription that reads:
"THIS HOSPITAL WAS FOUNDED BY WILLM ROLLESTON ESQR. WHO GAVE l00L PR ANNUM TO THIS TOWN FOREVER 66L APIECE YEARLY TO SIX POOR PEOPLE & THE RESIDUE TO SEVERAL OTHER PIOUS & CHARITABLE USES 1712 DEO SIT GLORIA".
There are boarded doors in three pairs located at the center break, set within the outer windows. The roof was raised during the restoration, which was done with sensitivity to the original design.
Local climate
The Almshouses receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 67% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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