The Almshouses is a Grade II listed building in the East Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 April 1984. Almshouse. 1 related planning application.
The Almshouses
- WRENN ID
- pale-chancel-moon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- Ely and East Cambridgeshire MP: Charlotte Cane (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 April 1984
- Type
- Almshouse
- Address
- The Almshouses, 1, 2 and 3, Newmarket Road, Kirtling, CB8 9PA
- OS grid reference
- TL 684 577
- Coordinates
- 52.19248, 0.4626
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Almshouses, built in 1842, are a memorial to the Marchioness of Bute by Lord North, and were possibly designed by architect Benjamin Ferrey. The structure is made of red brick with limestone dressings and features plain tile roofs with parapet gables. It has three ridge stacks, each with two diagonal shafts, and is a single storey building. The central gable projects and displays the arms of Lord North. There are six chamfered mullioned windows, each with two lights and set in flat arches. Additionally, there are three boarded doors, each in four-centred arches. The building has been converted into a nunnery and a Catholic school.
Local climate
The Almshouses sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% 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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