1 and 2, Hitcham Almshouses is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 March 1966. Almshouse. 2 related planning applications.
1 and 2, Hitcham Almshouses
- WRENN ID
- vast-floor-honey
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Suffolk
- Constituency
- Suffolk Coastal MP: Jenny Riddell-Carpenter (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 March 1966
- Type
- Almshouse
- Address
- 1 and 2, Hitcham Almshouses, Bridge Road, Levington, IP10 0LZ
- OS grid reference
- TM 233 394
- Coordinates
- 52.00836, 1.25315
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos. 1 and 2 Hitcham Almshouses are a pair of almshouses built in 1654 for Sir Robert Hitcham, whose will is dated 1636. They consist of two identical parallel ranges, positioned about 7 metres apart, with each range containing a pair of dwellings. The buildings feature a gable front, are one storey high with attics, and have a parapet gabled front wall made of red brick, which includes tumbled-in brickwork at the parapets. The side walls are recessed and constructed of rendered masonry, while the rear gable is also made of red brick. The roof is plaintiled and has 19th-century gabled casement dormers. There are external chimneys at the rear made of red brick. The windows are a mix of 19th and 20th-century casements, some of which have small panes, and the entrance doors are boarded and date from the 19th century.
Local climate
1 and 2, Hitcham 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 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 11 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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 — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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- 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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