Former Brunswick Wesleyan Schools is a Grade II listed building in the Salford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 January 1980. School.
Former Brunswick Wesleyan Schools
- WRENN ID
- stark-loft-sepia
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Salford
- Constituency
- Salford MP: Rebecca Long Bailey (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 January 1980
- Type
- School
- Address
- Former Brunswick Wesleyan Schools, Broad Street
- OS grid reference
- SJ 813 994
- Coordinates
- 53.4911, -2.28279
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Former Brunswick Wesleyan Schools, built in 1887, is now used as offices. This building features coursed and squared rubble with ashlar dressings and a steeply pitched Welsh slate roof, showcasing a Gothic style reminiscent of ecclesiastical architecture. The structure has two storeys, with the principal storey at first-floor level.
On the exterior, there is a moulded arched doorway at the base of the tower, which has chamfered angles. Above this doorway, a three-light wood mullioned and transomed window is topped by a steep relieving arch over an ashlar lintel. A wood lantern is positioned behind the parapet above, with steep gablets leading into a squat spire. The main gable alongside the tower features paired three-light mullioned and transomed windows with relieving arches. Above these, there are paired arched windows set in a moulded arch, with a circular window in the spandrel. This central section projects slightly and is flanked by narrow windows on each floor. A doorway to the right balances the one at the base of the tower.
There is an additional lower gable beyond, which includes four-light mullioned and transomed windows. The west elevation has a six-window return that is symmetrically arranged beyond the tower, featuring advanced gables and a central four-window range divided by full-height pilasters, each with two-light mullioned and transomed windows with relieving arches over the lower windows. A central canted gable projects from the north wall, showcasing a four-light mullioned and transomed window on the first floor and paired two-light mullioned and transomed windows below. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
Former Brunswick Wesleyan 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 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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