Numbers 1 to 6 (Consecutive) Almshouses and Attached Walls and Gatepiers is a Grade II listed building in the Milton Keynes local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 March 1952. Almshouse. 3 related planning applications.
Numbers 1 to 6 (Consecutive) Almshouses and Attached Walls and Gatepiers
- WRENN ID
- peeling-baluster-kestrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Milton Keynes
- Constituency
- Milton Keynes North MP: Chris Curtis (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 March 1952
- Type
- Almshouse
- Address
- Numbers 1 to 6 (Consecutive) Almshouses and Attached Walls and Gatepiers, Northend, Ravenstone, MK46 5AW
- OS grid reference
- SP 850 509
- Coordinates
- 52.15017, -0.75798
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The building consists of six consecutive almshouses, constructed in the late 17th century and altered over time. They are made of red brick with flared headers and feature old tile roofs. The almshouses are arranged in two parallel blocks that run north and south, surrounded by low brick walls. There is a gateway with piers leading into the churchyard on the south side.
Each block has an inner front with six bays of leaded casement windows: two-light windows on the upper floor and three-light windows on the ground floor, along with six modern part-glazed doors. The doors are positioned at each end and in two groups of two between the second and third bays from each end. The rear elevations are rendered on the ground floor and have six small single-light windows on the upper floor. The gable ends are moulded and coped, with a first-floor string course and three large chimney stacks on each block.
The garden walls to the east are faced with stone, while the walls to the west and south connect to the north fronts of the almshouses and link the two ranges. At the south end, there are square brick piers with stone caps and ball finials on ogee plinths, located on either side of the gateway.
Local climate
Numbers 1 to 6 (Consecutive) Almshouses and Attached Walls and Gatepiers sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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