Almshouses A to D (Consecutive) is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 February 1984. Almshouses.

Almshouses A to D (Consecutive)

WRENN ID
muffled-bailey-scarlet
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Buckinghamshire
Constituency
Mid Buckinghamshire MP: Greg Smith (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
13 February 1984
Type
Almshouses
Address
Almshouses A to D (Consecutive), Main Street, Middle Claydon
OS grid reference
SP 720 257
Coordinates
51.92571, -0.95433
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This building is a row of four flats, originally six almshouses, dating from the late 17th century and altered over time. It is constructed of vitreous brick in header bond, with red brick window surrounds featuring gauged heads. The structure has a brick plinth and a moulded stone eaves cornice, topped by a hipped old tile roof with four brick stacks that have minimal entablature tops.

The building is one storey with an attic, comprising seven irregular bays. The central gabled bay is flanked by plain brick pilasters with moulded caps and stone kneelers. The ground floor features six thickly barred three-pane sash windows. Above, there are four gabled dormers with 19th-century paired casements. The central bay has two similar casements above a pair of doors set in a single gabled porch. There are four other half-glazed doors, each with 19th-century porches that display blue and white brick patterns on the gables, wavy bargeboards, and fishscale tiles. The end walls are finished in chequer brick and include square bay windows and dormers. Originally located near a church, the almshouses were moved to their current site in the mid-18th century.

Local climate

Almshouses A to D (Consecutive) sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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