Lower Raymond Almshouses is a Grade II listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. Almshouse. 5 related planning applications.
Lower Raymond Almshouses
- WRENN ID
- idle-dormer-thunder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Berkshire
- Constituency
- Newbury MP: Mr Lee Dillon (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Almshouse
- Address
- Lower Raymond Almshouses, Newtown Road, Newbury, RG14 7BG
- OS grid reference
- SU 469 666
- Coordinates
- 51.39664, -1.32606
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Lower Raymond Almshouses, built in 1796, is a symmetrical terrace of 12 almshouses located on Newtown Road. A range that was at right angles to this one was destroyed in 1943. The building is two storeys high, featuring one window for each almshouse, with paired entrances. It has a modern hipped red tile roof supported by six red brick stacks. The structure is made of brick, with a coped gable on a slightly projecting centrepiece that includes a lunette in the tympanum. An arched gateway is now blocked. The windows are recessed sash types with glazing bars, alongside some modern casements. The doorways are topped with gabled hoods and rectangular fanlights, and they have panelled doors.
Local climate
Lower Raymond Almshouses receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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 — 5 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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