Almshouses is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. A Mid C19 Almshouse. 5 related planning applications.
Almshouses
- WRENN ID
- kindled-mullion-flax
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Almshouse
- Address
- Almshouses, 64, South Street, Bridport, DT6 3NN
- OS grid reference
- SY 465 926
- Coordinates
- 50.73139, -2.75821
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
These mid-19th century almshouses are built from ashlar and stand two storeys high. They feature a parapet and have two rows of three-light casement windows, each with hoodmoulds. The building has a rusticated plinth and a doorway, with a shield-shaped tablet positioned above the entrance. Nos 64 to 80 (even) and No 80A are part of a group.
Local climate
Almshouses receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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