Dorford House the Almonery is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 March 1963. Almshouses. 1 related planning application.
Dorford House the Almonery
- WRENN ID
- keen-chapel-bittern
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Bridgwater MP: Sir Ashley Fox (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 March 1963
- Type
- Almshouses
- Address
- Dorford House the Almonery, Goathurst, TA5 2DE
- OS grid reference
- ST 256 343
- Coordinates
- 51.10327, -3.06383
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Dorford House and the Almonry are former almshouses that have been converted into two houses. The building features an oblong freestone panel above the central door, which has incised lettering stating, "This house was built by Sir Charles Kemys - Tynte Bart., and given to the Poor for ever, 1780." The front is made of random rubble, and it has a brick return with a tile roof and three brick ridge stacks. The architectural style is Gothick, and the structure is two storeys high with seven bays. The ground floor has obtuse-pointed, two-light stone-mullioned windows with Y-tracery, while the first floor has similar windows but with four-centred arch heads, all featuring leaded lights. The central door opening is ogee-headed and has a dressed stone surround with a half-glazed door. Additionally, there is another door opening inserted in the second bay from the left, which also has a half-glazed door.
Local climate
Dorford House the Almonery receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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 1999
- 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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