Former Londonderry School, Now Offices of Chevron Roofing is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 January 1988. School, offices. 1 related planning application.
Former Londonderry School, Now Offices of Chevron Roofing
- WRENN ID
- first-courtyard-elm
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- City of Durham MP: Mary Kelly Foy (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 January 1988
- Type
- School, offices
- Address
- Former Londonderry School, Now Offices of Chevron Roofing, West Rainton and Leamside, DH4 6PE
- OS grid reference
- NZ 322 467
- Coordinates
- 54.81457, -1.49924
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The former Londonderry School, now the offices of Chevron Roofing, was built in 1850 for the Marchioness of Londonderry, as indicated by the panel above the door. The building features coursed squared gritty sandstone with quoins and ashlar dressings, topped with a Welsh slate roof that has stone gable copings. It has a T-shaped plan and is one storey high, consisting of six bays with a rear wing.
The gabled porch located in the fourth bay contains a boarded door set within a chamfered Tudor-arched surround, beneath an inscribed stone that is recessed in a moulded panel. The windows are 20th-century, featuring mullions and transoms, with two lights in chamfered surrounds and projecting stone sills. Both the roof and porch are supported by block kneelers. The right side of the building has two large windows, and the rear wing is of the same height as the main structure.
The inscription on the building reads:
THIS EDIFICE / Erected in 1850 by FRANCES ANNE VANE / MARCHIONESS OF LONDONDERRY / As an encouragement to the Colliers / To promote the Moral and Religious Education / of their Children / and as a lasting Memorial of the interest SHE takes / in their welfare.
Local climate
Former Londonderry School, Now Offices of Chevron Roofing receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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 — 1 application
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- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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