Almshouses is a Grade II listed building in the Chelmsford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 June 1975. Almshouse.
Almshouses
- WRENN ID
- quiet-stair-onyx
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Chelmsford
- Constituency
- Maldon MP: Sir John Whittingdale (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 June 1975
- Type
- Almshouse
- Address
- Almshouses, Stock Road
- OS grid reference
- TQ 686 986
- Coordinates
- 51.66119, 0.43673
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a range of late 17th century red brick almshouses located on Stock Road. Founded by Richard Twedye in 1574, as indicated by a brass plaque in the Church of All Saints, these almshouses were established for "four poor knights to dwell." The building consists of four tenements, all on one storey, featuring an eight-window range with two-light casements that have lattice leaded lights. The doors are 20th century boarded doors with fillets. The roofs are tiled and include two original chimney stacks. The almshouses underwent restoration in the 20th century. The Church of All Saints, Bellmans Farmhouse, and the Almshouses together form a group.
Local climate
Almshouses sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% 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 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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