Church of England Girls School is a Grade II listed building in the Manchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 June 1988. School. 4 related planning applications.

Church of England Girls School

WRENN ID
other-hinge-thistle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Manchester
Constituency
Manchester Withington MP: Jeff Smith (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 June 1988
Type
School
Address
Church of England Girls School, Elm Grove, M20 6RL
OS grid reference
SJ 847 910
Coordinates
53.41591, -2.23073
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Church of England Girls' School is a school building dated 1910, as indicated on the rainwater heads. It is constructed of red brick with sandstone ashlar dressings and features red tiled roofs. The building has an irregular plan that includes a hall with a lower entrance range to the right, a lower range to the left, a tower at the rear right-hand corner of the hall, and a classroom block behind this. Designed in the Arts and Crafts style, the structure is one and two storeys high.

The entrance range features a round-headed arch with a stone surround and a parapet inscribed with "CHURCH OF ENGLAND GIRLS' SCHOOL." This is flanked by mullioned windows with four and three lights, and there is a cross-window under a gablet to the right. The hall boasts three very large 12-light mullion and transom windows that break the eaves, complete with moulded cornices and flat roofs. The tower has pairs of stone strips that rise to small two-light windows under gablets, topped with a neo-Baroque domed cupola. The low range to the left includes a stone canted bay window that breaks through the eaves, while the classroom block features cross-windows. The interior has not been inspected.

Local climate

Church of England Girls 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 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 73% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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