The Pilgrims Rest Almshouses is a Grade II listed building in the Huntingdonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 March 1972. Almshouse. 2 related planning applications.
The Pilgrims Rest Almshouses
- WRENN ID
- other-turret-indigo
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Huntingdonshire
- Constituency
- Huntingdon MP: Ben Obese-Jecty (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 March 1972
- Type
- Almshouse
- Address
- The Pilgrims Rest Almshouses, 26-32, East Street, St. Ives
- OS grid reference
- TL 313 714
- Coordinates
- 52.32516, -0.07391
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Pilgrim's Rest Almshouses, built around 1885, are a group of almshouses designed in the cottage orne style. They are single-storey buildings, each with one window, and feature tiled hipped roofs. Nos. 26 and 30 have projecting gabled fronts adorned with ornamented barge boards. The structures are made of gault brick with yellow brick dressings. Nos. 26 and 30 include projecting bay windows, while Nos. 28 and 32 have gauged flat brick arches over recessed casement windows. Each house has a recessed doorway with five-centred heads. Granite plaques are set into Nos. 26 and 30, commemorating the construction of the Pilgrim's Rest in 1885, which is associated with the Particular Baptist Meeting House at Crown Place. Nos. 26 to 32 form a cohesive group.
Local climate
The Pilgrims Rest Almshouses 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 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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