Almshouses is a Grade II listed building in the Harlow local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 February 1980. Almshouses.
Almshouses
- WRENN ID
- hallowed-lancet-elder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Harlow
- Constituency
- Harlow MP: Chris Vince (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 February 1980
- Type
- Almshouses
- Address
- Almshouses, 13 and 15, Sheering Road
- OS grid reference
- TL 481 116
- Coordinates
- 51.78351, 0.14573
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The almshouses at Nos 13 and 15 Sheering Road were built in 1716. This long, single-storey building is constructed from Flemish bonded red brick and features a ridged and gabled peg-tile roof. There are three red brick chimneys: one in the center and one at each gable end. The front has two doors sheltered by later gabled porches, and there are seven pairs of double wooden casement windows, each with six panes. At the center of the front elevation, a blind dormer with a gable displays an inscription that includes the date and the name of the benefactor. The inscription reads: "Thefe houfef were builded for ye habitation of fower poore widdowes with monies left by ye will of Mr Francis Reeve formerly of Huberts Hall." Additionally, there is a three-course projecting eaves band.
Local climate
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 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 50% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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