Grendon's Almhouses is a Grade II listed building in the Exeter local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 June 1974. Almshouse. 2 related planning applications.
Grendon's Almhouses
- WRENN ID
- hollow-stair-indigo
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Exeter
- Constituency
- Exeter MP: Steve Race (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 June 1974
- Type
- Almshouse
- Address
- Grendon's Almhouses, 1-12, Grendon Road, EX1 2NJ
- OS grid reference
- SX 932 926
- Coordinates
- 50.72367, -3.51341
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Grendon's Almshouses, located on Grendon Road, were founded by Simon Grendon in 1406 and were originally situated in Preston Street. They were rebuilt in 1880 by architect Robert W Best. The building is designed in a gabled Tudor style using local stone and consists of two storeys. It features three projecting gabled bays with entrances and has mullion and transom casement windows. The roof is tiled and includes clustered chimneys. All the listed buildings on Grendon Road are part of a group.
Local climate
Grendon's Almhouses 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 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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 — 2 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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