Wynne's Almhouses is a Grade II listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 November 1949. Almshouses.
Wynne's Almhouses
- WRENN ID
- old-mantel-cobweb
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 November 1949
- Type
- Almshouses
- Address
- Wynne's Almhouses, 32-42, High Street
- OS grid reference
- TL 245 337
- Coordinates
- 51.98781, -0.18742
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Wynne's Almhouses, dated 1621, were founded by London merchant John Wynne and are located on the south-west side of High Street. The building is constructed of red brick with stone dressing and features a steeply pitched tiled roof, which has six gabled dormers and three tall chimneystacks with restored shafts. The original footings are made of narrow bricks. This structure consists of one storey and attics, with six mullioned triple light casement windows. Each dwelling has an arched doorway set in a gabled closed porch, which also features bargeboards. The windows are adorned with dripmoulds, and the doorways have imposts and keyblocks.
Local climate
Wynne's Almhouses sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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