Castle's Almshouses is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. A Georgian Almshouse.
Castle's Almshouses
- WRENN ID
- bitter-steel-sable
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Witney MP: Charlie Maynard (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Almshouse
- Period
- Georgian
- Address
- Castle's Almshouses, 5 and 6, Guildenford, Burford
- OS grid reference
- SP 253 122
- Coordinates
- 51.80801, -1.63403
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Castle's Almshouses are a pair of almshouses founded in 1729, which were extended and modernised in the late 20th century. They are constructed of rubble with an imitation Cotswold stone roof and feature three brick chimneys. The building is two storeys high and has four windows, with 20th-century two-light casements on the first floor and three-light casements on the ground floor. There are two outer ledged doors and a central lean-to porch added in the 20th century. These almshouses are included in the listing for their historical interest.
Local climate
Castle's Almshouses receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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