Lord Riches' Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Rochford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 April 1959. Almshouses. 1 related planning application.
Lord Riches' Cottages
- WRENN ID
- winter-screen-candle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Rochford
- Constituency
- Southend East and Rochford MP: Mr Bayo Alaba (Ind)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 April 1959
- Type
- Almshouses
- Address
- Lord Riches' Cottages, 92-100, West Street
- OS grid reference
- TQ 873 905
- Coordinates
- 51.58288, 0.70214
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Lord Riches' Cottages is a row of almshouses located on West Street in Rochford. Founded in 1567 by a bequest from Lord Rich of Leez Priory, who died in Rochford Hall in 1566, the cottages were likely built in the late 16th or early 17th century by his grandson, the Earl of Warwick. The buildings underwent restorations in the 20th century.
Constructed from red brick, the cottages feature a red plain tiled roof with two forward gables positioned to the right and left of the center. There are three red brick chimney stacks, each with small buttresses at their bases. The structure is single-storey and has a layout of three, one, three, one, three, with either one or three-light 20th-century small paned casements. There are six 20th-century vertically boarded doors, located to the left and right of each gable and on the left and right of the main block. Each gable apex includes a small plaque; the plaque on the left reads "Lord Ryches Cottages," while the one on the right states "AD 1576."
Local climate
Lord Riches' Cottages receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 10 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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 — 1 application
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