Almshouses is a Grade II listed building in the Stevenage local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 February 1948. Almshouses. 5 related planning applications.
Almshouses
- WRENN ID
- rooted-wattle-equinox
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stevenage
- Constituency
- Stevenage MP: Kevin Bonavia (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 February 1948
- Type
- Almshouses
- Address
- Almshouses, 8-14, Church Lane, SG1 3BG
- OS grid reference
- TL 234 253
- Coordinates
- 51.91261, -0.20691
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
These red brick almshouses, with occasional grey brick headers and a tiled roof with a brick cornice, stand on Church Lane. They were largely rebuilt in 1809, though they incorporate elements of an earlier almshouse known as “All Christian Souls’ House,” founded in 1501 by Stephen Hellard, the rector of Stevenage. The building is one storey high with attics, and features a plinth. It has four double-light casement windows, one single-light diamond lattice window, and one window with glazing bars beneath a cambered arch. Four gabled dormers are visible. The almshouses, Nos 8 to 14, form a distinct group.
Local climate
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 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 61% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 1998
- Related listed building consents — 5 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- 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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