The Almshouses Including Garden Wall and Gate Piers in Front is a Grade II listed building in the Teignbridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 December 1988. Almshouses.
The Almshouses Including Garden Wall and Gate Piers in Front
- WRENN ID
- tattered-portal-starling
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Teignbridge
- Constituency
- Newton Abbot MP: Martin Wrigley (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 December 1988
- Type
- Almshouses
- Address
- The Almshouses Including Garden Wall and Gate Piers in Front, Church Street, Kenton
- OS grid reference
- SX 958 833
- Coordinates
- 50.64022, -3.47438
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Almshouses, built in 1888 by the Courtenays of Powderham Castle, are located on the north side of Church Street in Kenton. Constructed from red brick with yellow brick and stone dressings, they feature a slate roof adorned with crested ridge tiles and two gables at the front, which have bands of purple and grey slate. The building has a U-shaped plan, consisting of a small single-depth central block flanked by short front wings on either side, with a verandah connecting them.
The exterior is single-storey and symmetrical, showcasing a 1:2:1 window arrangement. The gable ends of the wings are decorated with curly bargeboards, and the verandah is supported by timber posts with curly struts, featuring two gables at the front that include Gothic timber tracery. There are two plank front doors leading into the main block, positioned beneath the verandah. Each wing contains a 2-light transomed timber window with a depressed 2-centred arch and glazing bars, along with a small 1-light window in the attic.
In front of the almshouses, there is a low brick wall enclosing the garden, which includes brick gate piers topped with Gothic stone finials. The almshouses are well-preserved and detailed, situated immediately southeast of the parish church, and they hold group value with Nos. 1-9 Church Street, located south of the church.
Local climate
The Almshouses Including Garden Wall and Gate Piers in Front receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 82% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 11 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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