Houldsworth School is a Grade II* listed building in the Stockport local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 October 1973. A Victorian School.

Houldsworth School

WRENN ID
graven-clay-linden
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Stockport
Constituency
Stockport MP: Navendu Mishra (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 October 1973
Type
School
Address
Houldsworth School, Liverpool Street
OS grid reference
SJ 892 935
Coordinates
53.43897, -2.16338
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Houldsworth School, built in 1874, is a Grade II* listed building designed by architect Alfred Waterhouse. It is constructed in a late Gothic style, featuring one storey made of red brick with stone dressings and a slate roof. The school has two large gables that face the road, each adorned with a large mullion and transom window. To the left of the center, there is a porch with a three-centred arch, while additional mullion and transom windows are located to the right. The roof includes dormers. Houldsworth School is part of an industrial community developed by Sir William Houldsworth, alongside the Rectory, Church, and Men's Club on Leamington Road. The school, along with the wall, Rectory to the Church of St Elisabeth, and the wall forms a group with the Church of St Elisabeth and Houldsworth Working Men's Club on Leamington Road.

Local climate

Houldsworth 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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