Walls and Archway to the Front of the Almshouses is a Grade II* listed building in the South Gloucestershire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 November 1983. A Post-Medieval Walls and archway.
Walls and Archway to the Front of the Almshouses
- WRENN ID
- swift-vault-aspen
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- South Gloucestershire
- Constituency
- Thornbury and Yate MP: Claire Young (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 November 1983
- Type
- Walls and archway
- Period
- Post-Medieval
- Address
- Walls and Archway to the Front of the Almshouses, High Street, Marshfield
- OS grid reference
- ST 773 737
- Coordinates
- 51.46237, -2.32686
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The walls and archway at the front of the Almshouses date from 1612 to 1619 and were partly restored in the 20th century. They feature low rubble saddleback walls with a roll-moulded ridge. The central gateway is made of ashlar stone, with the saddleback and roll moulding extending to the sides and across the top of the gateway. The opening has a segmental head and an ovolo-moulded surround, with a plank door added in 1965. This structure is significant as it is the first feature encountered in the village street.
Local climate
Walls and Archway to the Front of the Almshouses receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 63% 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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