Almshouses is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 February 1970. Almshouses.
Almshouses
- WRENN ID
- small-buttress-dawn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Witney MP: Charlie Maynard (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 February 1970
- Type
- Almshouses
- Address
- Almshouses, Oxford Road, Witney
- OS grid reference
- SP 360 103
- Coordinates
- 51.7905, -1.47941
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The almshouses, built in 1821 for William Townsend, are constructed from limestone ashlar and feature a gabled Welsh slate roof with moulded ashlar ridge and end stacks. The building is designed in a Tudor style with a 6-unit plan and has two storeys, displaying an 8-window range. There are label moulds over paired 20th-century plank doors, which are set in chamfered stone architraves. Additionally, label moulds are present over stone-mullioned segmental-headed windows that have sunk spandrels. There are outshuts at the rear. The interior has not been inspected. These almshouses were endowed by William Townsend, a haberdasher from London and a native of Witney, for the benefit of aged unmarried women.
Local climate
Almshouses receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 62% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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