Quarry Mount School is a Grade II listed building in the Leeds local planning authority area, England. Former board school. 4 related planning applications.

Quarry Mount School

WRENN ID
third-timber-pearl
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Leeds
Constituency
Leeds Central and Headingley MP: Alex Sobel (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Former board school
Address
Quarry Mount School, Cross Quarry Street, LS6 2JP
OS grid reference
SE 294 355
Coordinates
53.81538, -1.55433
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Quarry Mount School is a former board school built in 1885 and extended in the late 20th century. Designed by Richard Adams, it features red brick with stone details and a slate roof, showcasing a Gothic Revival style. The building is two and three storeys high, comprising nine bays, and includes a four-stage clock tower with a gabled pyramid roof that separates the infants' and girls' departments on the left from the boys' department. There are five separate entrances, each with carved lintels. A modern extension has been added to the north-east. The school is a notable example of Richard Adams' work, characterized by its free Gothic Revival style, which includes mullioned windows, moulded brick panels above the carved lintels, moulded string courses, and three projecting gabled bays on the main front. Richard Adams became the School Board's architect in 1873, and this is one of his last designs, reflecting his preference for a clear vertical division between departments. The interior has not been inspected.

Local climate

Quarry Mount School receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 56% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% 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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