The Almsrooms (Wortleys Almhouses) is a Grade II listed building in the Peterborough local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 February 1952. Almshouse. 2 related planning applications.
The Almsrooms (Wortleys Almhouses)
- WRENN ID
- slow-brass-ivy
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Peterborough
- Constituency
- Peterborough MP: Andrew Pakes (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 February 1952
- Type
- Almshouse
- Address
- The Almsrooms (Wortleys Almhouses), Westgate, City of Peterborough, PE1 1PY
- OS grid reference
- TL 190 989
- Coordinates
- 52.57518, -0.24524
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Almsrooms, also known as Wortley's Almshouses, is a building located on the south side of Westgate in Peterborough. Constructed in 1837 in the Tudor style, it features a cartouche above the door that originates from a previous building dating back to 1744. The structure is L-shaped and made of stone and brick, topped with a roof of stone slate and Welsh slate. It stands two storeys high with attics and includes five gabled dormers, leaded casements, and intricately carved bargeboards and finials. The building has six windows, which consist of four-light 19th-century transoms and mullions with leaded casements. The Almsrooms forms a group with No 50 and is also part of a larger group that includes Nos 61 to 67 (odd), Nos 71 and 73, the premises occupied by FC Wright, Nos 81 to 93 (odd), the premises occupied by Westgate Cafe, and Nos 99 and 101.
Local climate
The Almsrooms (Wortleys Almhouses) sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
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