Brewers' Almshouses is a Grade II listed building in the Hertsmere local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 August 1985. Almshouse.
Brewers' Almshouses
- WRENN ID
- long-mantel-peregrine
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Hertsmere
- Constituency
- Hertsmere MP: Sir Oliver Dowden (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 August 1985
- Type
- Almshouse
- Address
- Brewers' Almshouses, 99-109, Blanche Lane, South Mimms and Ridge
- OS grid reference
- TL 222 012
- Coordinates
- 51.69652, -0.23327
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Brewers' Almshouses are a row of six almshouses built in 1856, located on the east side of Blanche Lane in South Mimms. They are constructed from grey brick with red brick dressings and feature a slate roof. The building is one storey high and is divided into three sections by four tall, regularly spaced stacks that have stone-coped parapets. Each section contains a pair of entrances, each with a pointed arch and a quoined and chamfered red brick surround, leading to timber plank doors. Flanking each pair of doors are three-light casement windows, also with quoined and chamfered surrounds, rubbed brick heads, and stone sills. A dentilled brick course runs below the close eaves, and there are three louvred lucarnes and brick kneelers. The end stacks are corbelled out from the walls and feature carved arms in panels. At the rear, there are three flat-roofed extensions. The interior has not been inspected. The Brewers' Almshouses were originally founded in 1687 and relocated from Kitts End to this site in 1856. They are included for their group value and historic interest.
Local climate
Brewers' 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 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 54% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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