'Old Almshouses' is a Grade II listed building in the Warwick local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 April 1967. A 16th century Almshouses. 4 related planning applications.

'Old Almshouses'

WRENN ID
final-bastion-gold
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Warwick
Constituency
Kenilworth and Southam MP: Sir Jeremy Wright (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 April 1967
Type
Almshouses
Period
16th century
Address
'Old Almshouses', 1-10, Village Green, Stoneleigh, CV8 3DP
OS grid reference
SP 330 727
Coordinates
52.35151, -1.5166
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old Almshouses, dated 1594, are a range of ten almshouses located on the Village Green in Stoneleigh. Founded by Sir Thomas and Dame Alice Leigh, the buildings are constructed of red sandstone ashlar and feature a steeply pitched plain tile roof with gabled ends. There is a plinth and a date stone marked '1594' with a dripmould above it. The structure is one storey with attics and has a symmetrical design, with each doorway flanked by a window on either side and a single dormer to the left above.

The almshouses include five chamfered stone four-centred doorways and ten mid-19th century leaded two-light casements set in chamfered square openings with oak lintels. There are five gabled dormers, each with leaded two-light casements. Each doorway leads into a passage formed by timber-framed partitions with plastered panels, with doors on either side providing access to a house consisting of two rooms, one upstairs and one downstairs. The buildings are topped with five tall stone chimney stacks that have moulded caps, spaced out evenly along the range.

Local climate

'Old Almshouses' receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 70% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% 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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