The Old Almshouses is a Grade II* listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 October 1949. A Early Modern Almshouses. 1 related planning application.
The Old Almshouses
- WRENN ID
- brooding-copper-peregrine
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- East Suffolk
- Constituency
- Waveney Valley MP: Adrian Ramsay (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 October 1949
- Type
- Almshouses
- Period
- Early Modern
- Address
- The Old Almshouses, Steeple End, Halesworth, IP19 8LL
- OS grid reference
- TM 385 773
- Coordinates
- 52.34199, 1.50132
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Almshouses are a historic building located at Steeple End, built in the late 17th century, following a donation from William Cary, who passed away in 1686. Although the current structure dates from this period, there is a mention of almshouses on the site as early as 1478, suggesting that some materials or elements from an earlier building may have been reused.
This two-storey building features an attic and has three gabled dormers with three-light mullion transom windows, which are adorned with diamond-pane leaded lights. The exterior is constructed of red brick and includes decorative bands, Dutch gabled ends, and elliptical windows at the attic level. The road-facing side has three mullion transom casements on each floor. The interior was originally divided into twelve single rooms, accessible via spiral staircases, and has vertical boarded doors set in six-inch solid frames. The roof is tiled.
The Old Almshouses, along with No 1 Church Farm Lane and Nos 14 to 17, form an important group of buildings situated directly opposite the Church of St Mary.
Local climate
The Old Almshouses sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 15 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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