Biggin Almshouses is a Grade II* listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 April 1951. A Medieval Almshouses. 1 related planning application.
Biggin Almshouses
- WRENN ID
- watchful-wattle-mist
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- North Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- Hitchin MP: Alistair Strathern (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 April 1951
- Type
- Almshouses
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Biggin Almshouses, Queen Street, SG5 1AB
- OS grid reference
- TL 185 290
- Coordinates
- 51.94689, -0.27654
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Biggin Almshouses are early 17th century almshouses constructed in four two-storey ranges surrounding a small open courtyard. Some sections have been rebuilt in more modern brickwork, while much of the upper storey is plastered. The building features old brickwork in the tall chimney stacks and has steep tiled roofs with some louvred dormers. In the courtyard, a cloister is created by a small Tuscan colonnade along one side. The windows have irregular fenestration, varying in size, with leaded lights and generally wooden mullions, and occasionally transoms.
Local climate
Biggin Almshouses sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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- 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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