Slate Pencil Sharpening Stone is a Grade II listed building in the North East Lincolnshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 December 1988. Slate pencil sharpening stone. 1 related planning application.
Slate Pencil Sharpening Stone
- WRENN ID
- carved-porch-hawk
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North East Lincolnshire
- Constituency
- Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes MP: Melanie Onn (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 December 1988
- Type
- Slate pencil sharpening stone
- Address
- Slate Pencil Sharpening Stone, William Barcroft Junior School, Barnett Place, Cleethorpes, DN35 7SU
- OS grid reference
- TA 290 091
- Coordinates
- 53.5635, -0.05239
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The slate pencil sharpening stone is a historical playground feature originally from the Boys National School on Lovett Street, dating back to 1896. It has been relocated to the William Barcroft Junior School on Barnett Lane in Cleethorpes, where it stands on a secondary brick plinth.
This circular slate stone block measures approximately 0.9 meters in diameter and 0.15 meters deep, with rubbed edges. The stone is positioned upside down, so what was once the base is now the top, while the original upper surface, which is heavily worn and uneven, serves as the base. This uneven surface overhangs and is mostly hidden by a secondary circular red brick plinth that is four brick courses high. Surrounding the plinth is a circular segment of Yorkstone paving.
It is noted that the circular brick plinth and the segmental paving around the slate pencil sharpening stone are modern additions and are not considered to have special architectural or historic interest.
Local climate
Slate Pencil Sharpening Stone receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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