Nos 1-47, Cupola in Centre Court, Foord Almshouses Nos 48-64, 1-47 is a Grade II* listed building in the Medway local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 October 1950. A Early Modern Almshouses.

Nos 1-47, Cupola in Centre Court, Foord Almshouses Nos 48-64, 1-47

WRENN ID
rusted-gargoyle-heath
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Medway
Constituency
Rochester and Strood MP: Lauren Edwards (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 October 1950
Type
Almshouses
Period
Early Modern
Address
Nos 1-47, Cupola in Centre Court, Foord Almshouses Nos 48-64, 1-47, Priestfields
OS grid reference
TQ 737 671
Coordinates
51.37658, 0.4946
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Foord Almshouses, built in 1927 by E Guy Dawber, feature a central cupola tempietto located in the courtyard of Nos 1-47. This structure is made of stone, wood, and copper, and has a circular and octagonal plan. It is a single storey with a dome, supported by paired Tuscan Doric columns at the corners. The entablature and frieze are designed to project forward above, adorned with attached cartouche coats of arms. The roof is a bell profile conical shape. A statue of Flora, created by Ernest Gilick, which was originally placed on the apex of the dome, is now situated in the forecourt of the Foord Almshouses Nos 48-64.

Local climate

Nos 1-47, Cupola in Centre Court, Foord Almshouses Nos 48-64, 1-47 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 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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