The Former Marine School (Ocean Road Annexe) is a Grade II listed building in the South Tyneside local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 February 1983. School. 3 related planning applications.
The Former Marine School (Ocean Road Annexe)
- WRENN ID
- keen-portal-tarn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Tyneside
- Constituency
- South Shields MP: Emma Lewell (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 February 1983
- Type
- School
- Address
- The Former Marine School (Ocean Road Annexe), NE33 2HT
- OS grid reference
- NZ 364 673
- Coordinates
- 54.99915, -1.43135
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Former Marine School, also known as the Ocean Road Annexe, was built between 1867 and 1869 by T M Clemence, the Borough Surveyor, with an addition made in 1909 by T A Page & Son, Architects. This two-storey building features red brick with stone dressings and a flat roof, designed in a dignified "Elizabethan" style. It has a three-bay square plan, with most bays projecting forward and all corners marked by rusticated quoins.
The central entrance from Ocean Road boasts a grand stone doorcase supported by paired rusticated Tuscan columns and topped with a full entablature. The building's elevation is crowned by an entablature and a balustrade, which is pierced above the projecting bays and adorned with decorative cresting. At the south-east corner, there is a square tower that rises one full storey above the roof level, also topped with an entablature and a pierced balustrade. Each face of the tower is lit by a semi-circular headed window. Originally, the tower featured an observatory, which was removed in 1979. The building underwent cleaning and restoration in April 1980 and serves as the original structure built for the Marine School.
Local climate
The Former Marine School (Ocean Road Annexe) receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2021
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
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- 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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