Walmsley School to south of Unitarian Chapel is a Grade II listed building in the Bolton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 August 1986. School.

Walmsley School to south of Unitarian Chapel

WRENN ID
keen-gravel-grain
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bolton
Constituency
Bolton North East MP: Kirith Entwistle (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 August 1986
Type
School
Address
Walmsley School to south of Unitarian Chapel, Blackburn Road
OS grid reference
SD 704 155
Coordinates
53.63533, -2.4489
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Walmsley School, located to the south of the Unitarian Chapel, is a school building dated 1851, as indicated by its datestone, which also features a runic inscription beneath. The school was extended in 1906. It is constructed from rock-faced stone and has a slate roof. The building is one storey high and consists of six bays, with the end bay being recessed and lower than the others, and a three-bay extension attached. It features a cornice and coped gables. The Tudor-headed windows have label moulds and small-paned glazing with opening lights. There is a gabled porch topped with a ball finial, which contains a Tudor-headed entrance with a label mould and an eight-panel door, along with a plaque above it. The sixth bay has a segmental-headed entrance. The building also has octagonal gable-end stacks and a central louvre. The extension includes large casement windows and is noted as having no special interest. The school is included in the listing for its group value.

Local climate

Walmsley School to south of Unitarian Chapel 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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