Marshe Almshouses is a Grade II* listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 October 1951. Almshouses. 3 related planning applications.

Marshe Almshouses

WRENN ID
sombre-rampart-umber
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Central Bedfordshire
Constituency
Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard MP: Alex Mayer (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
25 October 1951
Type
Almshouses
Address
Marshe Almshouses, 97-107, Church Street, Dunstable, LU5 4HN
OS grid reference
TL 021 219
Coordinates
51.88708, -0.51659
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Marshe Almshouses, built around 1743, are located on the north side of Church Street and are constructed of stucco with a Welsh slate roof at the front and an old tile roof at the back. The building is two storeys high and features six sash windows, along with six dummy windows arranged in pairs. There are three coupled doorways, with the side doorways supported by hoofs on consoles, while the central doorway has a pediment on consoles. The central section of the building slightly projects forward and includes a pediment with a tympanum that contains a circular panel displaying a Coat-of-Arms and the inscription "This Lodge was built and endowed pursuant to the Will of Mrs Blandina Marshe." The Marshe Almshouses are part of a group of buildings.

Local climate

Marshe Almshouses sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% 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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