Sir William Powell's Almshouses, Including Gate Piers, Railings and Gates to West is a Grade II* listed building in the Hammersmith and Fulham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 May 1970. Almshouse. 15 related planning applications.
Sir William Powell's Almshouses, Including Gate Piers, Railings and Gates to West
- WRENN ID
- little-groin-candle
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Hammersmith and Fulham
- Constituency
- Chelsea and Fulham MP: Ben Coleman (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 May 1970
- Type
- Almshouse
- Address
- Sir William Powell's Almshouses, Including Gate Piers, Railings and Gates to West, 1-12, Church Gate Sw6, SW6 3LB
- OS grid reference
- TQ 243 759
- Coordinates
- 51.46927, -0.21158
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Almshouses, dating from 1869, designed by J.P. Seddon. They are constructed of ashlar with a red tile roof and are built in the Gothic style. The building forms an L-shaped block, comprising a ten-bay range at right angles to the road and a two-bay range at the far end. It is a single storey with semi-dormers. The ground floor slightly projects under a continuous tiled roof, with shared entrances for each pair of units arranged beneath, alternating with canted bay windows. The doorways have pointed heads and timber entrance doors featuring a 'ray' motif. Each upper-storey unit has a two-light mullioned and transomed window, with a gable in the roof. An eaves cornice breaks out over Gothic shafts, with tall, multi-shafted chimneys. At the west end is a tower with a tall mansard roof and two tiers of arcading, the lower tier containing statues. An inscription on the end gable reads 'Sir William Powell's Almshouses; founded 1680. Rebuilt 1869. God's providence our inheritance'. The building features much carved decoration overall.
Local climate
Sir William Powell's Almshouses, Including Gate Piers, Railings and Gates to West sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 51% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 9 transactions since 1997
- Related listed building consents — 15 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- 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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