College of Technology and Design is a Grade II listed building in the Blackburn with Darwen local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 March 1984. College. 10 related planning applications.
College of Technology and Design
- WRENN ID
- still-timber-holly
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Blackburn with Darwen
- Constituency
- Blackburn MP: Mr Adnan Hussain (Ind)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 March 1984
- Type
- College
- Address
- College of Technology and Design, Blakey Moor
- OS grid reference
- SD 679 281
- Coordinates
- 53.74891, -2.48761
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The College of Technology and Design is a building that began construction in 1888, designed by Smith, Woodhouse and Wiloughby. It is built of brick with yellow terracotta decoration and features a slate roof. The structure has two storeys, a basement, and an attic, and is designed in the Northern Renaissance style. The façade consists of five wide bays, with the first, third, and ninth bays projecting and featuring ornamental gables. The second and fourth bays each have three windows. A central projecting porch has a round arched entrance and angle turrets, with a balcony above. The side bays include projecting canted bays with balustraded balconies. Above the first floor cornice, there is a band of arcading adorned with terracotta ornament, and the building is topped with a balustraded parapet.
Local climate
College of Technology and Design sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,200 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2017
- Related listed building consents — 10 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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