Church of England School is a Grade II listed building in the Kirklees local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 July 1985. School. 2 related planning applications.
Church of England School
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Kirklees
- Constituency
- Colne Valley MP: Paul Davies (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 July 1985
- Type
- School
- Address
- Church of England School, Knowl Road, HD7 4AN
- OS grid reference
- SE 098 157
- Coordinates
- 53.63799, -1.85226
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of England School, built in 1864, is a church school constructed from hammer-dressed stone with rusticated ashlar quoins and a pitched slate roof. The building features stone copings on gables with moulded footstones, ball and stalk finials, and moulded stone brackets. It has a half storey and a basement, with a central part that is a single storey oriented east-west, flanked by a single storey wing to the west and a two-storey wing to the east.
On the north side, the central part includes a porch with a pitched roof that displays the date 1864. Flanking the porch are two two-light windows featuring pointed arches, Y-tracery, and diamond glazing. The eastern wing has three large ground floor windows with stone mullions and transoms, while the upper floor has three windows with pointed arched heads and Y-tracery, with the centre window being larger and having a relieving arch above. The two-storey hipped roof extension on the west side contains five two-light stone mullioned windows with semi-circular heads and hood moulds. The western wing is a small single storey extension with a hipped roof, featuring two windows with pointed arched heads and Y-tracery, also with diamond glazing. The north gable has a single opening at the apex with a pointed arched head.
On the south side, there are eight windows with pointed arched heads and Y-tracery, all with diamond glazing. The basement level includes several doorways (some partially blocked) and various single and two-light windows. The south gable of the eastern wing has four single lights at the basement level and three windows with stone mullions and transoms on the ground floor. The upper floor features three windows with pointed arched heads and Y-tracery, with the centre light being larger and having a relieving arch above. The west elevation showcases a central gable with two pointed arched windows and one mullioned and transomed window. The east elevation has seven pointed arched windows and a small light in the gable apex.
Local climate
Church of England School sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,020 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 51 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 31 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
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 2001
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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