Blechyndens Almshouses is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 February 1952. Almshouse. 6 related planning applications.
Blechyndens Almshouses
- WRENN ID
- forgotten-marble-foxglove
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Salisbury MP: John Glen (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 February 1952
- Type
- Almshouse
- Address
- Blechyndens Almshouses, 1-6, Winchester Street, Salisbury, SP1 1HB
- OS grid reference
- SU 147 300
- Coordinates
- 51.06956, -1.79035
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Blechyndens Almshouses, founded in 1683 and rebuilt in 1891, are small, one-storey almshouses arranged in an L shape on two sides of a raised garden terrace. They are constructed of red brick and feature old tile roofs. Each almshouse has one window with lattice casements and a plain door. Blechyndens Almshouses, along with Nos 77 to 85 (odd), form a group.
Local climate
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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 6 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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