Blaydon West Junior School and walls, piers and railings to east is a Grade II listed building in the Gateshead local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 November 1985. School. 7 related planning applications.
Blaydon West Junior School and walls, piers and railings to east
- WRENN ID
- lesser-slate-winter
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Gateshead
- Constituency
- Blaydon and Consett MP: Liz Twist (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 November 1985
- Type
- School
- Address
- Blaydon West Junior School and walls, piers and railings to east, Blaydon Bank, NE21 4PY
- OS grid reference
- NZ 183 632
- Coordinates
- 54.96363, -1.71504
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Blaydon West Junior School, built between 1907 and 1909 by J. Morson, is designed in the Arts and Crafts Baroque style. The building is constructed from snecked sandstone with ashlar dressings, and the roof is covered with diagonal tiles and later felt.
The north front features two irregular three-bay sections connected by a set-back central link, creating a symmetrical appearance. The central bay rises three storeys high, with an entrance in a projecting panel, a group of three low windows above, and a large tripartite window on the top floor. The inner bays are two storeys tall, each with three grouped windows per floor, the central window being wider and taller on the first floor, where it extends into a gable end. The outer bays consist of three storeys and a basement, with small cloakroom windows below. Above, there is a three-light round oriel, and shaped cornices adorn the central windows. Other windows feature lengthened keystones, with some being triple. The road front includes a one-storey entrance section that projects in front of a set-back rear wing, while a late 20th-century insertion is present in front of the central link.
The walls, piers, and railings consist of a retaining wall that supports stone piers with wrought iron railings between them, forming the boundary to the entrance terrace. Further north, the playground and its entrance are supported by a similar retaining wall with railings. All gate piers are square with flat coping and ball finials.
Local climate
Blaydon West Junior School and walls, piers and railings to east receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 54% 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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- Related listed building consents — 7 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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