Danesford School (National Childrens Homes) is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire East local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 April 1975. A C18 Educational.
Danesford School (National Childrens Homes)
- WRENN ID
- crooked-spire-indigo
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire East
- Constituency
- Congleton MP: Sarah Russell (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 April 1975
- Type
- Educational
- Address
- Danesford School (National Childrens Homes), West Road, Congleton
- OS grid reference
- SJ 850 631
- Coordinates
- 53.16524, -2.22483
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Danesford School, formerly known as West House, is a late 18th-century detached house set back from the road in extensive grounds. The building has undergone later alterations and extensive modern additions. It is constructed of red brick and has two storeys, featuring five sash windows with flat brick and stone sills. The windows on the east elevation are tripartite, set in segmental-headed reveals, and there is a semi-circular bay at the center, tiered over two storeys. The elevation facing the road has a large pediment at the center and a tripartite window in the ground storey, replacing the former entrance doorway. The building also has an eaves cornice and a hipped slate roof. Although the interior has been significantly altered, it retains an oval room on each storey. A large, well-designed Georgian-style bay with four windows and a pediment was added to the left soon after the school was established in 1920. Other modern additions are not included in this description. Danesford School and the obelisk in its grounds form a group.
Local climate
Danesford School (National Childrens Homes) sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 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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