The Almshouses is a Grade I listed building in the Stratford-on-Avon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 October 1951. A Post-medieval Almshouses. 4 related planning applications.
The Almshouses
- WRENN ID
- scattered-dormer-hemlock
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Stratford-on-Avon
- Constituency
- Stratford-on-Avon MP: Manuela Perteghella (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 October 1951
- Type
- Almshouses
- Period
- Post-medieval
- Address
- The Almshouses, Church Street, Stratford-Upon-Avon, CV37 6HD
- OS grid reference
- SP 200 547
- Coordinates
- 52.19019, -1.70834
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Almshouses are a Grade I listed building, featuring a two-storey facade approximately 50 metres long, constructed with close-studded framing. The first floor juts out, supported by joist ends with arched braces near the entrances. The central entrance has a Tudor arch with decorative spandrels and paired doors, alongside a blocked entrance to the left. There are seven pairs of Tudor-headed doorways, plus an additional single doorway at the right end, all fitted with renewed plank doors. The doorway for No. 1 has a moulded architrave with mason's mitres. The windows, mostly three-light with leaded glazing, are arranged in pairs between the doors. On the first floor, there are shallow oriel windows, four by four lights, over the central entrance and beside each pair of entrances. No. 1 features a three-light window on the ground floor. The stacks have two shafts, with an end stack at No. 1. The rear of the building is thought to have originally included an open first-floor gallery, which has since been replaced by a 20th-century brick extension.
Inside, the Almshouses showcase exposed timber-framing and chamfered beams, with two staircases leading to the upper rooms flanking the central entrance passage.
Local climate
The Almshouses receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 67% 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 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 61% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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- Radon risk assessment
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