Reed Close is a Grade II listed building in the Wychavon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 February 1965. A C17 Almshouse.
Reed Close
- WRENN ID
- leaning-render-birch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wychavon
- Constituency
- West Worcestershire MP: Dame Harriett Baldwin (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 February 1965
- Type
- Almshouse
- Period
- C17
- Address
- Reed Close, Church Street, Bredon
- OS grid reference
- SO 922 369
- Coordinates
- 52.03078, -2.1137
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Reed Close, formerly known as Reed Almshouses, is a 17th-century building located on Church Street in Bredon. It is constructed of dressed stone, with brick at the rear, and consists of three ranges arranged around a forecourt. The building is single storey with attics and features eight chamfered stone doorways that have four-centred arched heads and labels. There are also eight stone mullioned two-light windows, each with labels. The projecting ranges have gabled ends, one of which displays the arms of the founder. The property has machine tiles and modern brick stacks, along with a modern brick gable at the rear. In the central foreground, there is a modern or restored stone outbuilding with a pyramidal roof and lantern.
Local climate
Reed Close receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 54% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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 — 3 transactions since 2009
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