The Old Academy is a Grade II listed building in the Warrington local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 December 1949. Educational building. 5 related planning applications.
The Old Academy
- WRENN ID
- gilded-rood-thunder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Warrington
- Constituency
- Warrington South MP: Sarah Hall (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 December 1949
- Type
- Educational building
- Address
- The Old Academy, Bridge Street, WA1 2RU
- OS grid reference
- SJ 606 878
- Coordinates
- 53.38623, -2.59243
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Academy is a brick building dating from 1757 or earlier, originally constructed to train candidates for the Nonconformist ministry. It was transferred to a larger building in 1762 and dissolved in 1783. The building is now empty. It has a slate roof, one end of which has been clipped, and a wood eaves cornice. The structure is three storeys high. The original features include a six-panel door and a detached porch with Roman Doric columns and a flat roof. There are four restored sash windows on the ground floor and five on the upper floors, with stone sills and some stone lintels. The interior, which has not been inspected, is reported to contain an original staircase, doors, and two-panelled rooms, one of which has some decorative plasterwork. Distinguished tutors included Joseph Priestley, John Aikin, Gilbert Wakefield, and possibly Marat; notable students included Josiah Wedgwood’s eldest son, Malthus.
Local climate
The Old Academy sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,000 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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 2019
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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