Michel's Almshouses and Front Wall, Railings and Entrance Gates is a Grade II listed building in the Richmond upon Thames local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 December 1968. Almshouses. 3 related planning applications.
Michel's Almshouses and Front Wall, Railings and Entrance Gates
- WRENN ID
- south-hearth-sorrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Richmond upon Thames
- Constituency
- Richmond Park MP: Sarah Olney (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 December 1968
- Type
- Almshouses
- Address
- Michel's Almshouses and Front Wall, Railings and Entrance Gates, the Vineyard, TW10 6AH
- OS grid reference
- TQ 180 745
- Coordinates
- 51.45749, -0.3024
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Michel's Almshouses, located on The Vineyard, were built on the site of a foundation established in 1659. The building is generally two storeys high, constructed of brick with pitched slate roofs at the eaves. It consists of two ranges; the earlier range, built in 1811, has ten units and features a central pediment above a slightly advanced centre, which includes a cartouche with a carved coat of arms above a large stone inscription. The ground floor has arched windows set in recessed arched niches, and the central entrance also has arched sash windows that retain their glazing bars. At right angles to this, there is a later block built in 1858, consisting of six units and designed to be similar in appearance, including the front wall, railings, and entrance gates.
Local climate
Michel's Almshouses and Front Wall, Railings and Entrance Gates 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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- Related listed building consents — 3 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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