The Almshouse is a Grade II* listed building in the West Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 December 1961. Almshouse.
The Almshouse
- WRENN ID
- iron-window-auburn
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- West Suffolk
- Constituency
- West Suffolk MP: Nick Timothy (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 December 1961
- Type
- Almshouse
- Address
- The Almshouse, Bradley Road, Little Thurlow, Haverhill, CB9 7HZ
- OS grid reference
- TL 676 514
- Coordinates
- 52.13564, 0.44807
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Almshouse is a range of red brick almshouses built in 1618 by Sir Stephen Soame to provide accommodation for nine poor people. Sir Stephen also constructed the old school house around the same time. The almshouses are designed in an E-shaped plan with a forecourt in front, which is accessed by steps from the road. They consist of nine rooms, including a central room designated for a person to read prayers to the other residents. The central section has one storey and attics, while the wings are single-storey. The windows feature two- and three-light mullioned casements with stuccoed rusticated surrounds and lattice leaded lights. Above the doorway, there is a stone panel carved with Sir Stephen Soame's coat of arms, similar to that on the old school house. The roof is tiled, and there are detached diagonal shafted chimney stacks.
Local climate
The Almshouse sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 54% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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 — 1 transaction since 2006
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