Caleb Lovejoy Almshouses is a Grade II listed building in the Guildford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 January 1972. Almshouse. 3 related planning applications.
Caleb Lovejoy Almshouses
- WRENN ID
- frozen-granite-cream
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Guildford
- Constituency
- Guildford MP: Zöe Franklin (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 January 1972
- Type
- Almshouse
- Address
- Caleb Lovejoy Almshouses, 5, 7, 9 and 11, Bury Street, GU2 4AW
- OS grid reference
- SU 994 492
- Coordinates
- 51.23412, -0.57732
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Caleb Lovejoy Almshouses are a group of almshouses built in 1839, funded by a bequest from Caleb Lovejoy. They are constructed from sandstone blocks with grey and brown brick detailing and feature plain tiled roofs. The building has a symmetrical layout, centered around a two-storey pavilion that is flanked by single-storey wings with gable end bays.
Notable architectural features include decorative paired cross-ridge stacks positioned diagonally on the wings, as well as paired round, cut-brick and corbelled stacks on the sides of the central gables. The central pavilion has double gable ends adorned with pierced, wavy-edged bargeboards topped with spike and pendant finials. The windows are leaded casements with label mouldings above and arched two-light intersecting tracery. Each gable has one window on each floor, and there is one window in each linking range to the end gables.
The central entrance features a gabled porch with 20th-century glazed and panelled doors set within a chamfered brick surround, topped by a four-centre arch. Additional doors are located in gabled porches on the left and right return fronts.
Local climate
Caleb Lovejoy Almshouses receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 56% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% 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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- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
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- 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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