Forecourt Wall and Gateway to Pemberton Almshouses is a Grade II listed building in the St Albans local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 August 1971. Forecourt wall, gateway.
Forecourt Wall and Gateway to Pemberton Almshouses
- WRENN ID
- nether-granite-amber
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- St Albans
- Constituency
- St Albans MP: Daisy Cooper (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 August 1971
- Type
- Forecourt wall, gateway
- Address
- Forecourt Wall and Gateway to Pemberton Almshouses, St Peter's Street
- OS grid reference
- TL 150 076
- Coordinates
- 51.75618, -0.33524
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The forecourt wall and gateway to the Pemberton Almshouses, located on the west side of St Peter's Street, dates back to 1582. The structure features a tall brick gateway with a pointed head, flanked by small brick plinths on either side, which are empty, while the central plinth has an iron arrow-head pointing upwards. Above the round-arched door opening, there is a stone panel inscribed with the following text: "These 6 Almshouses were erected and endowed with Five Pounds Per Annum Each. Out of the Manor of Shelton in Bedfordshire by Roger Pemberton of St Albans Esquire, who was buried in the Church of St Peter November 20th 1627."
Local climate
Forecourt Wall and Gateway to Pemberton 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 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% 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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