Former County Grammar School with Boundary Railings is a Grade II listed building in the Bolton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 October 1998. School. 1 related planning application.
Former County Grammar School with Boundary Railings
- WRENN ID
- distant-pedestal-heath
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bolton
- Constituency
- Bolton South and Walkden MP: Yasmin Qureshi (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 October 1998
- Type
- School
- Address
- Former County Grammar School with Boundary Railings, Great Moor Street, BL1 1NR
- OS grid reference
- SD 718 089
- Coordinates
- 53.57661, -2.42662
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The former County Grammar School, now part of Bolton Metropolitan College, was built in 1897. It is constructed of brick with terracotta dressings and a slate roof. The building comprises three parallel ranges and has a nine-window front. A segmental pedimented porch is located to the left of the centre, featuring an arched doorway with decorated spandrels and a round arched overlight, with mosaic lettering above the windows. The ground floor features mullioned and transomed windows, with similar windows above, including a tripartite window to the left of the central bay, and an oriel window to the right of the entrance. A pierced parapet runs between the gables. The central gable has a Palladian window on the second storey and a cupola on the roof to the rear. The outer gables have paired three-light mullioned windows and a Palladian window in the upper storey. The interior was not inspected. Cast-iron railings and gates with banded gate piers mark the original boys’ and girls’ entrances on the return elevations.
Local climate
Former County Grammar School with Boundary Railings sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,120 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 81% 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 — 57 transactions since 2001
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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