The Almsrooms is a Grade II listed building in the Peterborough local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 February 1952. Almsroom. 4 related planning applications.
The Almsrooms
- WRENN ID
- silent-corridor-bone
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Peterborough
- Constituency
- Peterborough MP: Andrew Pakes (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 February 1952
- Type
- Almsroom
- Address
- The Almsrooms, Cumbergate, City of Peterborough, PE1 1YR
- OS grid reference
- TL 191 987
- Coordinates
- 52.57317, -0.24385
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Almsrooms, formerly known as the Old Workhouse, is a 17th century and later L-shaped building located on the west side of Cumbergate in Peterborough. The ground floor has been rebuilt using coursed rubble, while the first floor features timber framing that is rendered. The first floor overhangs and is supported by cut brackets and exposed timber corbels. It has four flush-framed windows with two lights and wood lintels. The ground floor includes three flush-set casement windows with glazing bars and a six-light mullion window. There is a plain wood door set within a stone architrave, and the building has a steeply pitched roof covered with Welsh slate, along with small attics. A short two-storey wing with two windows is present, as well as a later 19th-century back wing. The building has a rendered plinth.
Inside, there is a small 17th-century newel staircase with turned balusters. The building underwent extensive alterations in the early 20th century, during which the dormers were removed, the roof was re-slated with Welsh slate instead of Collyweston, and all the windows were replaced.
All the buildings listed in Cumbergate form a group.
Local climate
The Almsrooms 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2000
- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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