Warden's Lodge, Boardroom, Chapel, Library and Attached Buildings to East of Courtyard at Beauchamp Almshouses is a Grade II* listed building in the Malvern Hills local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 February 1988. Almshouse. 1 related planning application.
Warden's Lodge, Boardroom, Chapel, Library and Attached Buildings to East of Courtyard at Beauchamp Almshouses
- WRENN ID
- broken-jamb-heath
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Malvern Hills
- Constituency
- West Worcestershire MP: Dame Harriett Baldwin (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 February 1988
- Type
- Almshouse
- Address
- Warden's Lodge, Boardroom, Chapel, Library and Attached Buildings to East of Courtyard at Beauchamp Almshouses, Newland, WR13 5AX
- OS grid reference
- SO 796 484
- Coordinates
- 52.13407, -2.29936
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Warden's Lodge, boardroom, chapel, library, and attached buildings to the east of the courtyard at Beauchamp Almshouses were built in 1863 and later by P C Hardwick. The structure is made of brick with limestone dressings and features a tile roof. The warden's lodge is two storeys high, with a canted bay window on the left side and a three-light window on the first floor beneath a gable. To the right, there is a cross-wing that includes a square bay window on the ground floor and applied timbering on the gable. In the center, a gabled timber window is located on the first floor above a doorway with a shouldered head and three lights above it. A chimney is positioned to the left of the cross-wing, featuring rubbed brick shafts of various designs.
Adjoining the left side is the gable of the boardroom, which has a window with three trefoiled ogee lights, a flat head, and reticulated tracery. To the left, a single-storey link connects to the Church of St Leonard, featuring three two-light windows and two three-light windows with moulded timber mullions. The door to the right of the first window has a pointed head, carved spandrels, and flanking lights with tracery. The library and chapel project from the east wall of this range. The chapel, which is timber-framed, was constructed from part of the old Church of St Leonard that was demolished in 1864. It has timber windows with three trefoiled lights on its east and north walls. The east gable features a truss with curved braces to a cambered tie-beam, and a king-strut positioned between the tie-beam and collar.
Inside, the chapel has two roof trusses with tie-beams and raking struts. The boardroom features a false hammerbeam roof supported by corbels, with arch-braces leading to embattled collars. The fireplace in the boardroom is intricately carved with foliage and includes an overmantel with a moulded border surrounding a painting.
Local climate
Warden's Lodge, Boardroom, Chapel, Library and Attached Buildings to East of Courtyard at Beauchamp Almshouses receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% 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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- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2022
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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