Frere Almshouses is a Grade II listed building in the South Gloucestershire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 July 1981. Almshouse. 5 related planning applications.
Frere Almshouses
- WRENN ID
- far-ashlar-ivy
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Gloucestershire
- Constituency
- North East Somerset and Hanham MP: Dan Norris (Ind)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 July 1981
- Type
- Almshouse
- Address
- Frere Almshouses, 14-22, Church Lane, Bitton, BS30 6LH
- OS grid reference
- ST 681 694
- Coordinates
- 51.42329, -2.45926
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Frere Almshouses, built in 1859, is a one and a half storey building designed in a free Gothic style. It is constructed from pennant stone rubble, featuring ashlar quoins and dressings. The slate roof has projecting eaves and is adorned with five gables; the outer gables are made of full-height bricks, while the three central gables sit above first floor windows, with the middle one being slightly taller. The building has two and five-light casement windows, which are topped with shouldered lintels and dripmoulds beneath relieving arches. A verandah runs across the ground floor to provide shelter for the doorways. The windows are decorated with carved scrolls that include texts, and there is a shield and additional scrolls above the central window. The head of the central first floor window features the inscribed punning motto "Frere Ayme Frere," and similar mottos can be found on the lintels of the doorways.
Local climate
Frere Almshouses receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- 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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