Samlesbury Church of England Primary School, and Railings to the Front is a Grade II listed building in the South Ribble local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 February 1984. School. 5 related planning applications.
Samlesbury Church of England Primary School, and Railings to the Front
- WRENN ID
- proud-shingle-wax
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Ribble
- Constituency
- Ribble Valley MP: Maya Ellis (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 February 1984
- Type
- School
- Address
- Samlesbury Church of England Primary School, and Railings to the Front, Potter Lane, PR5 0UE
- OS grid reference
- SD 589 303
- Coordinates
- 53.76814, -2.62416
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Samlesbury Church of England Primary School, built in 1836, is a single-storey stone building with a slate roof and an octagonal chimney on the left gable. The school has a rectangular layout and features a central gabled porch adorned with finials on the kneelers and apex. There are doors on each side wall of the porch, each with hoodmoulds, and above them are tablets with incised cursive lettering indicating "Boys" on the left and "Girls" on the right. The front wall includes a 2-light mullion window with a hoodmould, and above it is a stone tablet that reads:
"THIS SCHOOL/Was erected by Subsc=/ ription with aid from/the National Society/for instruction accor=/ding - to the principles/of the Church of/ England as now by Law Established/ Anno Domini/1836."
There are two square windows with hoodmoulds on each side of the porch, and one in each gable, which now contain modern top hung casements. Iron railings with spearhead tops and some urn finials run parallel to the front on each side of the porch. This building is a good example of a small National School.
Local climate
Samlesbury Church of England Primary School, and Railings to the Front sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,290 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 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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- Related listed building consents — 5 applications
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