18 and 20, Bridge Street is a Grade II listed building in the North Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 May 1967. Almshouse.
18 and 20, Bridge Street
- WRENN ID
- high-step-sparrow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Corby and East Northamptonshire MP: Lee Barron (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 May 1967
- Type
- Almshouse
- Address
- 18 and 20, Bridge Street, King's Cliffe
- OS grid reference
- TL 009 970
- Coordinates
- 52.56211, -0.5121
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos. 18 and 20 Bridge Street are a pair of almshouses built in 1754 by William Law, with alterations made in the 20th century. The buildings are constructed of squared coursed limestone and brick, topped with a Collyweston slate roof. Originally, each almshouse had a two-unit plan, forming a rectangular range. The front elevation facing Bridge Street features four windows, including two blind windows in the center and two 20th-century casements on either side, all under wooden lintels. The gable parapets and end stacks are made of ashlar stone.
There are mid-20th-century single-storey, flat-roof brick extensions on both the left and right sides. A central plaque displays the date 1754 in an oval panel with a cornice above it. The rear elevation has six windows, all of which are 20th-century casements. Another central plaque with a cornice above it bears the inscription "1754 Usum innuptanum vel viduanun." The original central entrances on this elevation have been converted into windows, while new entrances have been added in the 20th-century brick extensions. Although the interiors were not inspected, they are noted to have fielded panelled partitions. The buildings are included for their group value.
Local climate
18 and 20, Bridge Street sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 82% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer 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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