Jenyns House is a Grade II listed building in the Fenland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1985. Almshouses. 1 related planning application.

Jenyns House

WRENN ID
sombre-copper-wren
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Fenland
Constituency
North East Cambridgeshire MP: Steve Barclay (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 February 1985
Type
Almshouses
Address
Jenyns House, the Avenue, March, PE15 9PS
OS grid reference
TL 415 954
Coordinates
52.53885, 0.08525
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Jenyns House is a pair of almshouses built in 1851, as indicated by a dated stone. The structure features carstone slate walls, with gault brick and limestone dressings. It has steeply pitched slate roofs and nine tall square stacks made of gault brick, some of which retain original embattlements and have stop-chamfered corners. The building is two storeys high and has a front elevation with five bays, including three slightly projecting parapetted gables. There are two-stage buttresses on the sides. The central bay contains a doorway with a four-centred arch, a boarded door, and ironwork in the style of the 13th century. Above the doorway, there is a stone panel inscribed with "Erected by Trustees of March Consolidated Charities" along with the date 1851. The five cross frame casements have rusticated stone surrounds and leaded lights, with some featuring drip moulds.

Local climate

Jenyns House sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 54% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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