The Almshouses is a Grade II listed building in the East Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 November 1983. A Victorian Almshouse. 1 related planning application.
The Almshouses
- WRENN ID
- carved-gateway-alder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- Ely and East Cambridgeshire MP: Charlotte Cane (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 November 1983
- Type
- Almshouse
- Period
- Victorian
- Address
- The Almshouses, 22-26, North Street, Wicken, CB7 5XW
- OS grid reference
- TL 566 708
- Coordinates
- 52.31311, 0.29679
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Almshouses, dated 1852 and bearing a plaque commemorating Mary Hatch, comprise a red brick building with yellow gault brick dressings and a distinctive fish scale pattern slate roof. The building is single-storied with gabled ends and a larger central gable. Each gable features original iron casements with diamond panes. Two entrances are provided through arched heads.
Local climate
The Almshouses 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 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 61% 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 — 4 transactions since 2007
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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