Almscourt the Almshouse is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 November 1984. Almshouse. 1 related planning application.
Almscourt the Almshouse
- WRENN ID
- low-chancel-poplar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Daventry MP: Stuart Andrew (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 November 1984
- Type
- Almshouse
- Address
- Almscourt the Almshouse, Church with Chapel Brampton, NN6 8AU
- OS grid reference
- SP 719 658
- Coordinates
- 52.28599, -0.9463
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Almscourt is a group of six almshouses, now converted into two houses, built in 1858 by John Wykes. The structure features squared coursed lias with a plain tiled roof and was originally designed as single-unit plans. It is a single-storey building with a six-window range of stone mullions that contain cast iron diamond panes. There are gabled porches located between the second and third windows and the fourth and fifth windows from the left, both featuring 4-centred heads. The building has ashlar gable parapets and ashlar and brick stacks at the ridge. A central tablet bears a commemorative inscription to Frederick, Earl of Spencer, and Georgina Elizabeth Countess Spencer. The gabled porches also have 4-centred heads on the left and right gables.
Local climate
Almscourt the Almshouse 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 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% 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
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2018
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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