Almshouses is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. Almshouses. 3 related planning applications.
Almshouses
- WRENN ID
- still-basalt-candle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Wells and Mendip Hills MP: Tessa Munt (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Almshouses
- Address
- Almshouses, 23, 24, 25 and 26, Church Lane, Shepton Mallet, BA4 5BL
- OS grid reference
- ST 619 436
- Coordinates
- 51.1912, -2.5452
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
These are almshouses built in 1868 by the architect Benjamin Ferrey. They are constructed from coursed rubble with freestone details and have plain tile roofs, featuring diagonally set dressed stone stacks. Designed in the Tudor style, the buildings are single storey with an attic, with each unit consisting of a single bay. Each door opening has an equilateral arch surrounded by a moulded frame, and is flanked by a bay window that features wooden mullion-and-transom fenestration set in a stone surround. The single pitch roof over the bays extends the entire length of the facade, creating a porch for each doorway, supported by curved wooden brackets. The first floor has 2-light casements, each set within individual gables.
Local climate
Almshouses 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 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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 — 3 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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