St Marys Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Ribble Valley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 November 1983. Preparatory school. 5 related planning applications.
St Marys Hall
- WRENN ID
- weathered-brass-dock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Ribble Valley
- Constituency
- Ribble Valley MP: Maya Ellis (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 November 1983
- Type
- Preparatory school
- Address
- St Marys Hall, Stonyhurst, Aighton, Bailey and Chaigley
- OS grid reference
- SD 693 391
- Coordinates
- 53.84797, -2.46733
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
St. Mary's Hall is a preparatory school that was originally built as a seminary in 1830 and extended in 1880. The building is constructed of sandstone ashlar and features a slate roof. It stands three storeys tall with attics. The central section consists of 11 bays, with the middle three bays projecting, and represents the earliest part of the structure. This section has chamfered quoins, sill bands, and a hipped roof with a moulded cornice. The windows are sash style with glazing bars and plain stone surrounds. The entrance door features a plain stone surround with a semi-circular head, flanked by attached Tuscan columns, and has a plain frieze and moulded cornice. The 1880 extensions include seven bays on each side of the central block, designed to match the original building's details. At the rear, there is a chapel with a semi-circular apse, which has a barrel-vaulted ceiling, Diocletian windows, paired Corinthian pilasters flanking the apse, and mosaic decoration.
Local climate
St Marys Hall sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,280 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 94% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 5 applications
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- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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