St Olaves House (St Olaves School) is a Grade II listed building in the York local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 June 1983. School. 1 related planning application.

St Olaves House (St Olaves School)

WRENN ID
rusted-bracket-solstice
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
York
Constituency
York Central MP: Rachael Maskell (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 June 1983
Type
School
Address
St Olaves House (St Olaves School), Clifton, YO30 6AB
OS grid reference
SE 594 527
Coordinates
53.96701, -1.09484
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

St Olave's House, now part of St Olave's School, is a house built in 1813 for David Russell, a solicitor, and has been altered in the 20th century. The building is constructed of stucco and features hipped concrete tile roofs.

The main block is symmetrical, consisting of two storeys and three bays. The windows are glazing bar sashes, with the ground floor windows being taller. The porch has a sprocketed hipped roof and includes a divided four-panel door with pilaster jambs, as well as a semicircular overlight that incorporates a lamp. To the left of the main block, there is a single-storey, one-bay addition from the 20th century, which has a coped parapet and a tripartite glazing bar sash window. To the right, a two-storey, two-bay wing features glazing bar sashes and has a small square window situated between the first-floor windows.

Inside, the inner porch door is made of oak and is partly glazed. The doors leading off the stair hall are made of mahogany, featuring six panels with margins formed by raised mouldings. The dog-leg stair has an open string, turned mahogany balusters, and a wreathed mahogany handrail. Originally, the house was known as Clifton Grove when it was built.

Local climate

St Olaves House (St Olaves School) receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 89% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% 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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