Alma Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Richmond upon Thames local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 July 1973. Villa.

Alma Cottage

WRENN ID
endless-gargoyle-sienna
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Richmond upon Thames
Constituency
Twickenham MP: Munira Wilson (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 July 1973
Type
Villa
Address
Alma Cottage, 5, Albert Road
OS grid reference
TQ 159 707
Coordinates
51.42397, -0.33405
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Alma Cottage is a small detached villa built in the mid-19th century. It stands two storeys high and is two windows wide. The exterior is finished in stucco and features a slate hipped roof with eaves. The windows have moulded architraves and the ground floor is adorned with bracketed cornices. Full height pilasters are present at either corner of the building.

Local climate

Alma Cottage sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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