Upper Raymond Almshouses is a Grade II listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 June 1969. A C19 Almshouse. 4 related planning applications.

Upper Raymond Almshouses

WRENN ID
calm-garret-elm
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Berkshire
Constituency
Newbury MP: Mr Lee Dillon (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 June 1969
Type
Almshouse
Address
Upper Raymond Almshouses, 1-10, Newtown Road, Newbury, RG14 7BP
OS grid reference
SU 469 665
Coordinates
51.39584, -1.32702
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Upper Raymond Almshouses, built in 1826, are a terrace of ten houses located on Newtown Road. The south front features a symmetrical design in the "Gothick" style, highlighted by a central gable with battlements and flanked by pinnacles above a stone arched gateway, which is now blocked. The building is two storeys high and has ten windows. It is constructed of red brick and has a hipped slate roof with tall ridge stacks that have four diagonal shafts each. The first-floor windows are two-light casements with cinquefoil-traceried heads and hood moulds. The doorways also feature stone arched heads and braided doors, along with a later addition of a continuous portico.

Local climate

Upper 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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