The Almshouses is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 December 1955. Almshouse.
The Almshouses
- WRENN ID
- graven-belfry-equinox
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Suffolk
- Constituency
- Central Suffolk and North Ipswich MP: Patrick Spencer (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 December 1955
- Type
- Almshouse
- Address
- The Almshouses, 67, High Street, Needham Market
- OS grid reference
- TM 088 549
- Coordinates
- 52.15362, 1.05178
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Almshouses are a pair of almshouses dating from the 16th or 17th century, with significant alterations made in 1836, as noted on a tablet above the entrance. They are timber-framed, with the front and left-hand gable encased in gault brick and the rear plastered. The roof is slated and features bargeboards with undulating soffits. There is an axial chimney from 1836 made of gault brick, which has four flues and a quatrefoil plan. The building is two storeys high and has five windows. The sash windows have six panes, with the upper three featuring arcaded heads, and each window is topped by a prominent hood-mould made of painted brick. The central bay projects forward and has a 4-centred arched entrance doorway, with the door recessed and featuring sunk vertical panels. Inside the entrance hall, there are two carved oak figures, one on either side of the doorway, which are in the style of the 15th century and of high quality. These figures are believed to have been part of the original front elevation, but they may have ecclesiastical origins.
Local climate
The Almshouses sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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