Twistleton's Almshouses is a Grade II listed building in the Dartford local planning authority area, England. Almshouse. 11 related planning applications.

Twistleton's Almshouses

WRENN ID
leaning-storey-wax
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dartford
Constituency
Dartford MP: Jim Dickson (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Almshouse
Address
Twistleton's Almshouses, 6-22, West Hill
OS grid reference
TQ 538 741
Coordinates
51.44511, 0.2119
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Twistleton's Almshouses are a charity building founded in 1572 under the will of John Byer of Horsemans Place, Lowfield, but the current structure was built by John Twistleton of Horsemans Place in 1704. The building is an L-shaped block made of red brick and has one storey. It features a tiled roof with coved eaves cornice and gable ends with kneelers. There are four windows facing north and six windows facing east, all of which are casement windows. The entrances have simple wooden doorcases set in cambered architraves. Nos 6 to 22 (even) form a group.

Local climate

Twistleton's Almshouses 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 85% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 64% 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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  • Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
  • Sale history — 2 transactions since 2018
  • Related listed building consents — 11 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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