Lodge of Kings School is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire East local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 March 1977. Lodge. 3 related planning applications.
Lodge of Kings School
- WRENN ID
- graven-roof-torch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire East
- Constituency
- Macclesfield MP: Tim Roca (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 March 1977
- Type
- Lodge
- Address
- Lodge of Kings School, Cumberland Street, Macclesfield, SK10 1DD
- OS grid reference
- SJ 915 739
- Coordinates
- 53.26232, -2.12876
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Lodge of King's School is a lodge dating to circa 1856. It is constructed of coursed and squared stone with a Welsh slate roof. The building has an L-shaped plan, with a lean-to porch added against the west wall. The gable end facing the school features a two-light mullioned and transomed window, and the gable facing the street has a three-light mullioned window. A two-light mullioned dormer window is located above the three-light mullioned window in the north wing. An expressed chimney is present, featuring an octagonal shaft against the rear gable wall.
Local climate
Lodge of Kings School sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,040 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 88% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2008
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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