Rhodes Schools is a Grade II listed building in the Rochdale local planning authority area, England. School.

Rhodes Schools

WRENN ID
quiet-groin-gold
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Rochdale
Constituency
Blackley and Middleton South MP: Graham Stringer (Lab)
Country
England
Type
School
Address
Rhodes Schools, Broad Street
OS grid reference
SD 852 055
Coordinates
53.54605, -2.22374
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Rhodes Schools is a school building constructed in 1884, designed by Edgar Wood, with later additions. It is made of brick and topped with a slate roof. The structure features 20 bays and stands two storeys tall, with a hall located on the first floor above an arcaded undercroft. There are 4-bay additions on both the left and right sides, as well as boys' and girls' porches at the rear that provide access to the first floor.

The building has a symmetrical façade with eight round-arched openings on the lower level, three of which are now windows. The first floor is adorned with a dogtooth band, and the second floor features casement windows with segmental brick arches and stone sills. The outer four bays on each end are advanced and gabled, while the additions also have gabled roofs and similar architectural details. A stone inscription reads, "Rhodes Schools built in affectionate remembrance of Salis Arthur Schwabe by his mother and brothers." The roof is steeply pitched, with a crested ridge tile and ridge chimney stacks. Although a central bellcote is no longer present, there are four large gabled dormer windows at the rear. Inside, the building boasts large roof trusses with king posts and braced tie beams.

Local climate

Rhodes Schools 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 84% 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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