Charnock Richard (Church of England) School Number 1 and Railings in Front is a Grade II listed building in the Chorley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 November 1975. A Gothic School. 2 related planning applications.

Charnock Richard (Church of England) School Number 1 and Railings in Front

WRENN ID
high-spindle-torch
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Chorley
Constituency
South Ribble MP: Mr Paul Foster (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 November 1975
Type
School
Address
Charnock Richard (Church of England) School Number 1 and Railings in Front, Charter Lane, PR7 5NA
OS grid reference
SD 555 157
Coordinates
53.63604, -2.67401
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Charnock Richard Church of England School Number 1 and the railings in front were built in 1858 and include the attached master's house. The building features sandstone rubble with roofs covered in hexagonal slates, and has three ridge chimneys, two part-corbelled side wall chimneys, and one gable chimney at the rear. The T-shaped plan was slightly modified by a later addition of a hall at the rear. Designed in the Gothic style, the school is a rectangular, single-storey structure that is four bays long. Both gables have large arched three-light windows with reticulated tracery, and the east gable extends to form a bellcote. There are four rectangular windows on the side wall. At the west end, there is a square privy house that is steeply gabled and matches the main building. At right angles to the school is a range that includes a porch and the master's house, which has two bays that are stepped back and is two storeys high. The master's house features a centrally located steeply gabled porch that matches the school, with two rectangular windows on each floor. The ground floor windows have splayed reveals and stone mullions, with the left window having three lights and the others having two lights. The property also includes iron railings in front of the house, which are adorned with fleur-de-lys heads. The style of this building is similar to that of Christ Church.

Local climate

Charnock Richard (Church of England) School Number 1 and Railings in Front sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,130 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 85% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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