Monson Almshouses is a Grade II listed building in the Broxbourne local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 April 1961. Almshouses. 3 related planning applications.
Monson Almshouses
- WRENN ID
- stark-bailey-pigeon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Broxbourne
- Constituency
- Broxbourne MP: Lewis Cocking (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 April 1961
- Type
- Almshouses
- Address
- Monson Almshouses, 87, High Road Broxbourne, EN10 7BL
- OS grid reference
- TL 368 070
- Coordinates
- 51.74587, -0.01925
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Monson Almshouses, built in 1728, is a Grade II listed building located on the east side of Hoddesdon High Road in Broxbourne. This structure is made of red brick and features a hipped old tile roof with a parapet. It stands two storeys tall and has a central door flanked by four windows. The door consists of eight fielded panels and is topped with a segmental pediment and an apron adorned with triglyphs and guttae.
On the first floor, there is a blank window that has a plastered cartouche with a painted hatchment and an inscribed panel. The ground floor windows are segmental-headed, 6/6-pane sash windows that retain their original glazing bars and are fitted with shutters.
To the north, there is a one-window extension from the mid-19th century, constructed of red brick with sandstone dressings, which continues as a four-window rear elevation. Additionally, there is a one-window rear extension on the south side that dates to the early 19th century.
Local climate
Monson 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 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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