Almshouses is a Grade II listed building in the Wychavon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 August 1972. Almshouse.

Almshouses

WRENN ID
pitched-marble-larch
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wychavon
Constituency
West Worcestershire MP: Dame Harriett Baldwin (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
3 August 1972
Type
Almshouse
Address
Almshouses, Birlingham
OS grid reference
SO 935 426
Coordinates
52.08222, -2.09536
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The almshouses in Birlingham were built in 1824 and consist of a two-storey range of eight tenements. The building is constructed of brick and features a central gable. The roof is covered with tiles. The first-floor windows are all semi-circular, while the ground-floor windows are casements with brick arched heads. The roof is hipped and also tiled.

Local climate

Almshouses receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 64% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 65% 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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