Almshouses, Seckford Terrace is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 December 1971. Almshouses. 1 related planning application.

Almshouses, Seckford Terrace

WRENN ID
moated-render-cream
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Suffolk
Constituency
Suffolk Coastal MP: Jenny Riddell-Carpenter (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 December 1971
Type
Almshouses
Address
Almshouses, Seckford Terrace, 1-8, Seckford Street, Woodbridge, IP12 4NB
OS grid reference
TM 267 491
Coordinates
52.09397, 1.30869
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The almshouses at Seckford Terrace were built in 1852 on the site of earlier almshouses from 1587 and a nurses' house from 1778. They were rebuilt and extended in 1869 by James Noble. The building features a symmetrical design with two storeys and a five-window centre that is slightly advanced, including a central window set in a slight break forward with a gable above. There are one-storey, four-window wings on each side. The structure is made of red brick with yellow dressings at the quoins and a yellow brick toothed eaves band. The entrances are adorned with anointed arches, and the roofs are tiled.

Local climate

Almshouses, Seckford Terrace sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 61% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 82% 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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