Entrance Court Wall and Gateways to Skynner's Almshouses Skynner's Almshouses is a Grade II listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 April 1951. Almshouses.
Entrance Court Wall and Gateways to Skynner's Almshouses Skynner's Almshouses
- WRENN ID
- white-bronze-thrush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- Hitchin MP: Alistair Strathern (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 April 1951
- Type
- Almshouses
- Address
- Entrance Court Wall and Gateways to Skynner's Almshouses Skynner's Almshouses, 68-83, Bancroft
- OS grid reference
- TL 185 295
- Coordinates
- 51.95141, -0.27618
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Skynner's Almshouses consist of two long ranges of 17th century brick almshouses, with the brickwork primarily made up of stretcher courses and largely restored. The buildings are dated 1670 and 1698. The roofs over the single storey sections are steeply tiled and feature eight rectangular chimney stacks, which have also been much restored. Each range has pairs of simple Tudor doors that separate stretches of four windows in one range and two windows in the other, all of which are diamond-leaded casements with two or three lights. A low brick wall encloses a narrow garden in front of the ranges, with each section accessed through a tall brick entrance gate. Each gateway includes a sunken stone panel engraved with a record of the charitable gift. The Entrance Court Wall and gateways to Nos 68 to 88 form a cohesive group with the almshouses.
Local climate
Entrance Court Wall and Gateways to Skynner's Almshouses Skynner's 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 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 51% 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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