Burton Homes is a Grade II listed building in the Monmouthshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 29 March 2000. Almshouses.

Burton Homes

WRENN ID
salt-cobble-evening
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Monmouthshire
Constituency
Monmouthshire MP: Catherine Fookes (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
29 March 2000
Type
Almshouses
Address
Burton Homes, Caerwent, Newport
OS grid reference
ST 471 905
Coordinates
51.61126, -2.76427
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

Burton Homes consists of a row of single-storey almshouses built in a half-H plan, with the courtyard open to the road. Constructed from coursed squared rock-faced red sandstone rubble with Bath stone dressings, the buildings feature a red tile roof. The chimneys have been rebuilt in blue engineering brick, and the rear elevation is entirely brick. The design is reminiscent of 17th-century almshouses found in East Anglia.

At the center, there is a hall with double plank doors set beneath a 3-centred arch, which has roses and foliage carved in the spandrels. This hall is flanked by stone-framed rectangular windows that contain oval frames. Above the doors, there is a plaque that reads 'BURTON HOMES FOUNDED BY COLONEL HENRY BURTON M.D. AND MISS S.E. BURTON. ERECTED 1913'. Above this plaque is a stone-framed triple window with a configuration of 4:6 + 6:4 panes, with the central section featuring an arched head. The roof is gabled, adorned with Jacobean finials on the kneelers and a small Bath stone decoration at the apex.

On either side of the central hall, there are six houses, each featuring a 3-light mullioned window within a large gable and a doorway with a timber porch beside it. Each window light has a 4 over 6 pane configuration. Each house also has a tall brick stack. The two end houses on either side are slightly set forward towards the road and feature a small window in the gable end. Additionally, each house has two further windows on the rear wall. The interior details were not available at the time of the resurvey.

Local climate

Burton Homes receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 63% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 64% 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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