Numbers 1-9a Newton's College and Attached Gate Pier is a Grade II* listed building in the Lichfield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 February 1952. A Georgian Almshouses. 7 related planning applications.

Numbers 1-9a Newton's College and Attached Gate Pier

WRENN ID
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Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Lichfield
Constituency
Lichfield MP: Dave Robertson (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
5 February 1952
Type
Almshouses
Period
Georgian
Address
Numbers 1-9a Newton's College and Attached Gate Pier, the Close, WS13 7LD
OS grid reference
SK 114 096
Coordinates
52.68481, -1.83204
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Almshouses, built between 1800 and 1803, with demolition and rebuilding in 1929. Designed by Joseph Potter Snr of Lichfield for Andrew Newton. The building is constructed of brick with ashlar dressings and a front facing, and has a graduated slate roof with ashlar stacks. It follows a double-depth plan and is in a Classical style.

The two-storey building originally had a symmetrical 17-window front, but the right end was demolished, leaving a 14-window range. The central section projects forward under a pediment. The ground floor features a plain plinth, a band over the ground floor, a top frieze and cornice, and end pilaster strips, with a rusticated appearance to the ground floor. The central entrance is round-headed, with a fanlight featuring flat wooden glazing bars above a pair of three-panel doors (one glazed and two flush). A cast-iron overthrow with a lantern is present above the entrance. The windows have sills; the central section has two round-headed ground floor sash windows within round-headed recesses, and the first floor has a niche flanked by narrow windows with four-pane sashes, with end windows containing twelve-pane sashes. The seven-window range to the left and the four-window range to the right have windows with twelve-pane sashes, with a single narrow window with a four-pane sash to the first floor at the left end.

The left return has two blind windows to each floor, those on the ground floor within round-headed recesses. Attached to the rear angle is a gate pier leading to a rear entrance. The right return is similar, incorporating a leaded window. The rear elevation has an ashlar band and cornice; the central round-headed entrance has a rusticated ashlar surround and cornice, while the others have slate canopies and half-glazed doors with small panes. The rear windows have rubbed brick flat arches.

The almshouses were built to provide accommodation for the widows and single daughters of clergymen.

Local climate

Numbers 1-9a Newton's College and Attached Gate Pier receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 75% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% 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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  • Related listed building consents — 7 applications
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