Almshouses (Now 2 Dwellings) is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 October 1971. A Victorian Almshouses.
Almshouses (Now 2 Dwellings)
- WRENN ID
- carved-mantel-willow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Downs National Park
- Constituency
- Lewes MP: James MacCleary (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 October 1971
- Type
- Almshouses
- Address
- Almshouses (Now 2 Dwellings), Seaford, Lewes
- OS grid reference
- TQ 472 010
- Coordinates
- 50.7899, 0.088
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
These former almshouses, now two dwellings, were built in 1856 and are located adjacent to the church to the north. They are designed in a Victorian Tudor style, featuring flint construction with stone architraves around the doors and windows, as well as rusticated quoins. The buildings have tripartite mullion windows that are lead glazed, and a wooden door with a four-centred arch. There are three gables adorned with bargeboards and tall decorative chimneys. An inscription on the building reads, "Lord bend our wills to thine," along with the initials "MAC." The almshouses, St Andrew's Church, and the wall of the churchyard to the east form a cohesive group.
Local climate
Almshouses (Now 2 Dwellings) receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 97% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 5 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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