School South East of Church of St Thomas is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 June 1987. School. 2 related planning applications.
School South East of Church of St Thomas
- WRENN ID
- dark-mantel-rook
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 June 1987
- Type
- School
- Address
- School South East of Church of St Thomas, Rectory Lane, Wolsingham, DL13 3AJ
- OS grid reference
- NZ 076 374
- Coordinates
- 54.73166, -1.88333
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This building is a Roman Catholic parish school located south-east of the Church of St. Thomas, dating from around 1864. It is constructed of coursed sandstone rubble with quoins and ashlar dressings, topped with a Welsh slate roof featuring stone gable copings. The school has one high storey and consists of three bays.
The west elevation features a central window with a two-centred arch and Gothic-style glazing bars, set under a stone arch with narrow voussoirs. The outer bays have wide square-headed windows with similar glazing, positioned under flat stone lintels. The south gable facing the street includes a two-centred-arched window and is topped with a stone cross finial. On the east elevation, there is a central external chimney stack and a boarded door located to the right.
Local climate
School South East of Church of St Thomas receives an average of 920 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 53 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 33 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 — 1 transaction since 2022
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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