The Almshouses is a Grade II listed building in the Teignbridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 June 1976. Almshouse.
The Almshouses
- WRENN ID
- muted-spindle-foxglove
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Teignbridge
- Constituency
- Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 June 1976
- Type
- Almshouse
- Address
- The Almshouses, 1, 2, 3 and 4, Exminster
- OS grid reference
- SX 944 874
- Coordinates
- 50.67736, -3.49473
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Almshouses are a pair of almshouses built around 1859, as noted in a 1879 publication. They are constructed from dressed Heavitree brecchia and feature a slate roof with axial and end stacks that have brick shafts. The layout consists of a single depth plan with a central passageway flanked by two houses, each with two rooms. A significant late 20th-century conversion has resulted in the blocking of the front doorways on either side of the central passageway. The building stands two storeys high and has a symmetrical front with four windows and four gables. The central doorway leads to the passage, while the left and right doorways are blocked. The first floor has four 2-light casement windows with diamond leaded panes, and the ground floor features similar 3-light windows. The Almshouses are a notable landmark in the centre of Exminster.
Local climate
The 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 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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