Gatehouse and adjoining range on north and west sides of courtyard at Beauchamp Almshouses is a Grade II listed building in the Malvern Hills local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 March 1968. Gatehouse, almshouse.
Gatehouse and adjoining range on north and west sides of courtyard at Beauchamp Almshouses
- WRENN ID
- fossil-joist-amber
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Malvern Hills
- Constituency
- West Worcestershire MP: Dame Harriett Baldwin (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 March 1968
- Type
- Gatehouse, almshouse
- OS grid reference
- SO 795 484
- Coordinates
- 52.13408, -2.30035
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The gatehouse and adjoining range on the north and west sides of the courtyard at Beauchamp Almshouses were built between 1862 and 1864 by P.C. Hardwick. Constructed from brick with limestone dressings and tile roofs, the gatehouse features a rectangular plan with clasping buttresses and a parapet adorned with blind tracery decoration. The south wall includes a moulded pointed doorway, above which are two tall narrow lights and a clock face. A steep slated pavilion roof is set back behind the parapet, and there are two chimneys with rubbed brick caps to the right.
The almshouses are characterized by mullioned windows, mostly consisting of three lights, with flush stone sill bands and blank trefoiled heads on the ground floor. The first-floor windows extend upwards into gabled dormers. To the right of the tower are two bays with a pointed doorway situated between them. To the left, there are five bays featuring wide pointed doorways between the first and second, and the third and fourth bays. Above these doorways are timber dormers of two lights topped with pyramid roofs.
An irregular house with a single-storey lean-to connects this range to another on the west side of the courtyard, which is similar in style but has a doorway to the right. There are 20th-century bathroom additions that link to a further range at right angles, facing south. This range consists of four bays with doorways and dormers flanking the two central bays. Adjoining to the west is a later addition from 1889, featuring two bays in a similar style. The chimneys throughout the buildings have gauged brick shafts of rubbed brick arranged in various patterns.
Local climate
Gatehouse and adjoining range on north and west sides 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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