Chandos Almshouses is a Grade II listed building in the Tewkesbury local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 July 1960. Almshouse. 6 related planning applications.
Chandos Almshouses
- WRENN ID
- western-railing-stoat
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tewkesbury
- Constituency
- Tewkesbury MP: Cameron Thomas (Ind)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 July 1960
- Type
- Almshouse
- Address
- Chandos Almshouses, 1-12, Mill Lane, Winchcombe, GL54 5LS
- OS grid reference
- SP 023 281
- Coordinates
- 51.95207, -1.96769
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Chandos Almshouses are almshouses dated 1573, though most of the structure is a 20th-century rebuild, with the original facade preserved. They are built from squared and coursed limestone and topped with a stone slate roof. The building has two storeys and features a six-window arrangement, with all windows being two-light chamfered mullion casements that include one horizontal bar, lacking drips or cills. There are three former doorways, which have been converted into two-light casements beneath four-centred chamfered heads, with the entrance now located to the right through a 20th-century extension. Above the left doorway is a cartouche displaying the Chandos arms with supporters, while the central doorway features a recessed lias panel inscribed with: "FOUNDED BY/LADY DOROTHY CHANDOS/OF/SUDELEY CASTLE ABOUT THE YEAR/.... (this was 1573)/AND .....LT BY/VOLUN .....TION." The facade presents a modest yet attractive grouping with the nearby properties in Queens Square.
Local climate
Chandos Almshouses receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 6 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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