Almshouses is a Grade II listed building in the West Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 December 1961. Almshouses.
Almshouses
- WRENN ID
- riven-cupola-river
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Suffolk
- Constituency
- West Suffolk MP: Nick Timothy (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 December 1961
- Type
- Almshouses
- Address
- Almshouses, Wickhambrook
- OS grid reference
- TL 753 544
- Coordinates
- 52.1607, 0.56167
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The almshouses in Wickhambrook are a range of 17th century timber-framed and plastered buildings, constructed by Anthony Sparrow in 1615. A tablet on the site indicates that they were restored in 1897, during which time the doors and windows were updated. The almshouses feature casement windows with glazing bars and have a thatched roof. They are part of a group that includes the Church of All Saints, The Old Vicarage, White Horse House, Nos 1 to 3 (consecutive), and Sunnyside.
Local climate
Almshouses 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 82% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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