The Almshouses is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. Almshouse. 6 related planning applications.
The Almshouses
- WRENN ID
- crooked-roof-torch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Skipton and Ripon MP: Sir Julian Smith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Almshouse
- Address
- The Almshouses, 1-5, Church Road, Thornton in Craven, BD23 3TR
- OS grid reference
- SD 903 484
- Coordinates
- 53.93178, -2.14877
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Almshouses, built in 1815, are a group of almshouses located on Church Road in Thornton-in-Craven. They are constructed from squared dressed stone and feature a stone slate roof. The building is single-storey and has an 11-bay symmetrical design. The façade alternates between doors made of six raised and fielded panels and windows with plain stone surrounds, which are sashes with all glazing bars. The ends and the three central bays have rusticated quoins and a pediment. The pediment displays an oval cartouche that reads, "1815. These Almshouses for five poor women were erected and endowed pursuant to the desire of Joseph Smith late of the City of LONDON Banker, a native of this parish out of the residuary estate of Rachel Smith his widow." The building features six stacks.
Local climate
The Almshouses sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,190 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 49 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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