Almshouses is a Grade II listed building in the Test Valley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 December 1960. Almshouses. 3 related planning applications.
Almshouses
- WRENN ID
- sacred-joist-rain
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Test Valley
- Constituency
- Romsey and Southampton North MP: Caroline Nokes (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 December 1960
- Type
- Almshouses
- Address
- Almshouses, Amport, SP11 8BD
- OS grid reference
- SU 302 442
- Coordinates
- 51.19656, -1.5681
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a terrace of six almshouses built in 1815, which remain unaltered in form and use. The structure is made of brick and tile, featuring a symmetrical front (north-west) with a layout of three, two, and three windows. It has a hipped tile roof with brick dentil eaves and a catslide at the rear. Above the central section, there is a pediment that contains a stone plaque inscribed with "Erected and endowed for VI poor Widows AD MDCCCXV pursuant to the will of Thomas Shepheard." The walls are painted brick in Flemish bond with rubbed flat arches and pilasters flanking the central section, along with a plinth. The windows are casements, and there are blank panels above the two inner doorways that lead to through passageways, providing access to the units on each side. The front features four boarded doors in plain openings. The rear has been improved and includes late 20th-century casements.
Local climate
Almshouses receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 56% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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