Bishop Duppa's Almshouses is a Grade II listed building in the Richmond upon Thames local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 January 1950. Almshouses. 2 related planning applications.
Bishop Duppa's Almshouses
- WRENN ID
- calm-lintel-winter
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Richmond upon Thames
- Constituency
- Richmond Park MP: Sarah Olney (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 January 1950
- Type
- Almshouses
- Address
- Bishop Duppa's Almshouses, the Vineyard
- OS grid reference
- TQ 180 746
- Coordinates
- 51.45815, -0.30227
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Bishop Duppa's Almshouses, built in 1850 by Thomas Little, are located on the north-east side of The Vineyard. Originally founded in 1651, they were rebuilt at this site in the Jacobean style using grey brick and stone. The structure consists of five houses on either side of a central archway that leads to a garden at the back. The left side has been mostly restored after sustaining bomb damage. The buildings feature square-headed windows with recessed mullions, with two-light windows on the first floor and three-light windows on the ground floor. There are cornices above both the ground and first floors, and a parapet that conceals the roof. Stone strapwork finials are placed at intervals along the parapet. The central gate is arched with a rusticated head, flanked by applied rusticated Doric half columns, and topped with a pediment on inverted consoles that bears an inscription. The prominent chimneys have sharp angles facing the road.
Local climate
Bishop Duppa's Almshouses 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 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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