Front Wall and Piers to the Hungerford Almshouses is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 August 1986. Almshouse.
Front Wall and Piers to the Hungerford Almshouses
- WRENN ID
- little-chamber-moon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Chippenham MP: Sarah Gibson (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 August 1986
- Type
- Almshouse
- Address
- Front Wall and Piers to the Hungerford Almshouses, Pound Pill, Corsham
- OS grid reference
- ST 872 701
- Coordinates
- 51.43053, -2.1841
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The front wall and piers to the Hungerford Almshouses date from the 17th century and are constructed from rubble stone with ashlar coping. There are two ashlar piers with chamfered caps and ball finials located in front of the Warden's House on Pound Pill. In front of the center of the almshouse range on Lacock Road, there are similar but slightly more elaborate piers.
Local climate
Front Wall and Piers to the Hungerford Almshouses receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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