The Almshouses is a Grade II listed building in the Rother local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 May 1987. Almshouses.
The Almshouses
- WRENN ID
- fallow-gutter-rook
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Rother
- Constituency
- Bexhill and Battle MP: Dr Kieran Mullan (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 May 1987
- Type
- Almshouses
- Address
- The Almshouses, 1-6, Church Road, Ashburnham
- OS grid reference
- TQ 683 144
- Coordinates
- 50.90501, 0.39239
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Almshouses, founded by William Ashburnham, Controller of the Household to Charles II, were rebuilt in 1817. This single-storey building features six windows and is constructed of red brick. It has an eaves cornice and a tiled roof. There are three gabled porches, each with a pair of doorways set at an angle, and pilasters positioned between the porches. The windows have been replaced with modern casement windows.
Local climate
The Almshouses receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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