Terrace Wall, Rails, Steps and Gate Piers of Blechyndens Almshouses is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 October 1972. Almshouse.
Terrace Wall, Rails, Steps and Gate Piers of Blechyndens Almshouses
- WRENN ID
- tenth-merlon-moth
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Salisbury MP: John Glen (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 October 1972
- Type
- Almshouse
- Address
- Terrace Wall, Rails, Steps and Gate Piers of Blechyndens Almshouses, Winchester Street, Salisbury
- OS grid reference
- SU 147 300
- Coordinates
- 51.06948, -1.79055
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The terrace wall, rails, steps, and gate piers of Blechyndens Almshouses, located on the north side of Winchester Street, date back to 1594. The red brick wall, which supports a terraced garden, was restored in 1930 and features stone coping. It includes modern rails and gate piers, which were formerly topped with an arch, as well as a double flight of stone steps. Blechyndens Almshouses and the adjacent properties numbered 77 to 85 (odd) are recognized as a group.
Local climate
Terrace Wall, Rails, Steps and Gate Piers of Blechyndens Almshouses receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% 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 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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