Almshouses is a Grade II listed building in the Breckland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 May 1985. Almshouse. 1 related planning application.
Almshouses
- WRENN ID
- brooding-pewter-lichen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Breckland
- Constituency
- Mid Norfolk MP: George Freeman (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 May 1985
- Type
- Almshouse
- Address
- Almshouses, Fakenham Road, Beetley, NR20 4HL
- OS grid reference
- TF 953 192
- Coordinates
- 52.73534, 0.89168
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A row of three almshouses, dating from 1838. The inscription above the central porch states that they were erected by Rebecca Pearce and endowed by William Pearce for three poor, elderly couples. The building is constructed of brick with a slate roof and is in a Gothic style. It is single-storied with three gabled porches, each featuring an arched entrance. There are six three-light casement windows with cusped heads and rectangular hood moulds. Decorative details include dentil cornices, crow-stepped gables, and two stacks with paired angled shafts. The roof is finished with decorative slate. A flint and brick lean-to addition extends to the rear.
Local climate
Almshouses receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% 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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- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2021
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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