Pates Almshouses is a Grade II listed building in the Cheltenham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 March 1955. Almshouses. 2 related planning applications.
Pates Almshouses
- WRENN ID
- woven-corbel-bone
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheltenham
- Constituency
- Cheltenham MP: Max Wilkinson (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 March 1955
- Type
- Almshouses
- Address
- Pates Almshouses, 16, Albion Street, GL52 2LP
- OS grid reference
- SO 950 225
- Coordinates
- 51.90155, -2.07282
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Pates Almshouses are a pair of almshouses dated 1811, as indicated in the pediment. They are constructed of ashlar with pinkish-brown brick and red brick dressings at the rear, topped with a hipped slate roof. The building is two storeys high and has three bays with five windows arranged in a 1:3:1 pattern, featuring a central pedimented section that projects forward. All windows are casement style with plain reveals and sills. The central entrance has double part-glazed doors topped with a pediment supported by corbels. There is a first-floor band, frieze, cornice, and a blocking course. A plaque in the pediment reads "Pates / 1811". At the rear, the ground floor openings have flat arches made of red rubbed brick. The interior has not been inspected. Historically, these almshouses were founded in 1574 by Richard Pate and were originally located on the High Street before being moved to this site in 1811.
Local climate
Pates Almshouses receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 51% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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- 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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