Kendall Almshouses is a Grade II listed building in the Colchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 March 1968. Almshouses. 1 related planning application.
Kendall Almshouses
- WRENN ID
- winter-tracery-coral
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Colchester
- Constituency
- Colchester MP: Pam Cox (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 March 1968
- Type
- Almshouses
- Address
- Kendall Almshouses, 1-16, Military Road, CO1 2AJ
- OS grid reference
- TM 001 247
- Coordinates
- 51.88526, 0.90719
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Kendall Almshouses consist of two blocks of almshouses built in 1791 and 1803 by John Kendall. Constructed in red brick, they are two storeys in height, with tiled roofs that are hipped at each end. Each block has a four-window range, featuring double-hung sash windows with glazing bars. The front has a parapet that rises to a small central pediment, which carries an oval inscription panel.
Local climate
Kendall Almshouses sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 670 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 51% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 83% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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 1997
- 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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