Brick Wall to Smythes Almhouses Numbers 79 to 85 is a Grade II listed building in the Windsor and Maidenhead local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 August 1983. Dwarf wall.

Brick Wall to Smythes Almhouses Numbers 79 to 85

WRENN ID
secret-lime-tallow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Windsor and Maidenhead
Constituency
Maidenhead MP: Mr Joshua Reynolds (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 August 1983
Type
Dwarf wall
Address
Brick Wall to Smythes Almhouses Numbers 79 to 85, Bridge Road
OS grid reference
SU 894 813
Coordinates
51.52383, -0.7114
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a 17th-century dwarf brick wall that is contemporary with the Smythes Almshouses, located at numbers 79 to 85 on Bridge Road. The wall features a stone coping and includes a control gateway. At the right-hand end, there is a short section of the wall that stands six feet high, with a short return at right angles.

Local climate

Brick Wall to Smythes Almhouses Numbers 79 to 85 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 81% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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