William Jones' Almshouses is a Grade II listed building in the Forest of Dean local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 December 1953. Almshouses. 8 related planning applications.
William Jones' Almshouses
- WRENN ID
- standing-trefoil-starling
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Forest of Dean
- Constituency
- Forest of Dean MP: Matt Bishop (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 December 1953
- Type
- Almshouses
- Address
- William Jones' Almshouses, 1-10, Almshouses Road, Newland, GL16 8NL
- OS grid reference
- SO 553 094
- Coordinates
- 51.78222, -2.64926
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The almshouses, founded in 1615, form a long single range. They are built with roughcast rendering on a stone plinth, with a stone slate roof, five rendered ridge stacks, and a stone moulded eaves cornice. The building is two storeys high. There are two single entrance doors at each end, and four paired doors, each with a flat stone hood supported on brackets; some of these paired doors have been partially blocked to create windows. Thirteen three-light stone mullioned windows are present on the first floor. The ground floor windows are replaced three-light timber casements, a result of modernization work in 1954. A central inscription panel, with gilt lettering, details the foundation of the almshouses by William Jones, a citizen and Haberdasher of London, and notes the appointment of the Worshipful Company of Haberdashers as governors. The inscription specifies that the almshouses provided accommodation for eight men and eight women who were parishioners of Newland, and a separate dwelling for a lecturer.
Local climate
William Jones' Almshouses 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 greater than that of 52% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 78% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 2005
- Related listed building consents — 8 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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