78 79 81 83 84 is a Grade II listed building in the Cotswold local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 August 1983. Almshouses. 2 related planning applications.

78 79 81 83 84

WRENN ID
scattered-porch-umber
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cotswold
Constituency
North Cotswolds MP: Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
2 August 1983
Type
Almshouses
Address
78 79 81 83 84, Sherborne, GL54 3DJ
OS grid reference
SP 177 145
Coordinates
51.82894, -1.74375
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Nos 78, 79, 81, 83, and 84 are former almshouses that have been divided into five separate units. They were built in the early 19th century and feature ashlar stonework with an artificial stone slate roof. The building has three 20th-century ashlar stacks and one dressed stone stack. It has a long rectangular shape with gables that project slightly forward on the north side, creating a 'U'-shaped plan.

The north front is symmetrical, showcasing a central gable that contains a 2-light casement window with a stopped hood above a wide, 4-centred arched entrance. On either side of the central gable, there are two half dormers with single-light casements set in chamfered stone surrounds. The first floor of the wings features two-light casements. To the right of the central entrance is a 20th-century part-glazed door, and a similar door is set back within an archway at the center of the facade. The left-hand gable has a plank door with a single pane. The doorways on the gables have stopped hoods, and there are 19th-century plank doors within 4-centred arched surrounds at the gable ends. The south front includes one 19th-century plank door and two 20th-century glazed or part-glazed doors. The building has gable-end and axial stacks, flat canopies at the gable ends and dormers, and moulded kneelers. The interiors have not been inspected.

Local climate

78 79 81 83 84 receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 56% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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