St Johns College of Further Education is a Grade II listed building in the Manchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 June 1994. School, college. 8 related planning applications.

St Johns College of Further Education

WRENN ID
white-solder-lichen
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Manchester
Constituency
Manchester Central MP: Lucy Powell (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
6 June 1994
Type
School, college
Address
St Johns College of Further Education, Great John Street, M3 4FD
OS grid reference
SJ 832 979
Coordinates
53.47843, -2.25427
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

St John's College of Further Education is a school building, now serving as a college, constructed in the late 19th century and altered since. It is made of stock brick with red brick and sandstone dressings, featuring a flat roof that is concealed. The building has a roughly T-shaped plan, with the main block running parallel to the street and a large rear wing that nearly spans the entire width of the site. The architectural style is eclectic, incorporating some features reminiscent of 17th-century Renaissance design.

The structure is three storeys high and consists of five bays, with two windows per bay. The design is symmetrical, with the central bay slightly projecting. It includes red brick pilasters that are banded at the top floor, a moulded brick cornice that is interrupted in the centre, and a high parapet with banded piers and iron railings. The parapet is also interrupted in the middle by a rectangular upstand that features a blind keyed oculus beneath an open pediment.

The windows are pairs of tall casement cross-windows with small panes in the top lights. The ground floor windows are square-headed, the first-floor windows are segmental-headed, and the second-floor windows are square-headed with segmental relieving arches. Some of the piers of the parapet also serve as chimneys. The flat roof was previously used as a playground for the school. Entrances are located at the sides of the rear of the building. The sides and rear exhibit less regular window arrangements, including a gabled re-entrant in the centre of the rear wall that features large tripartite windows, with the top floor window adorned with a tympanum above the centre light. The interior has not been inspected.

Local climate

St Johns College of Further Education sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,060 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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