Almshouses is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 January 1967. Almshouses. 3 related planning applications.
Almshouses
- WRENN ID
- floating-corbel-lichen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 January 1967
- Type
- Almshouses
- Address
- Almshouses, 1-5, Hadham Road, Standon, SG11 1LF
- OS grid reference
- TL 396 221
- Coordinates
- 51.88056, 0.02812
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a block of ten almshouses, now used as five separate dwellings, dating from the 18th century. The building is timber-framed with white weatherboard cladding above a red brick sill. It has a steep hipped roof finished with dark tiles, originally thatched. The long, narrow block faces south. The almshouses were originally arranged in pairs, with five shared chimneys and ten boarded doors located away from the fireplaces. Each has a small, flush casement window with two lights and small panes of glass. The original paired arrangement has now been altered, with pairs of houses combined into larger dwellings. Local historical records suggest the almshouses were originally outbuildings to Standon Workhouse, which was disused following the passage of the Poor Law Act in 1834.
Local climate
Almshouses sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 61% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 1999
- 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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