St Johns Church of England Primary School and St Johns Almshouses Numbers 1-7 (Consecutive) is a Grade II listed building in the Leeds local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 August 1976. Church and almshouses. 5 related planning applications.
St Johns Church of England Primary School and St Johns Almshouses Numbers 1-7 (Consecutive)
- WRENN ID
- carved-threshold-wagtail
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Leeds
- Constituency
- Leeds North East MP: Fabian Hamilton (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 August 1976
- Type
- Church and almshouses
- Address
- St Johns Church of England Primary School and St Johns Almshouses Numbers 1-7 (Consecutive), Wetherby Road, LS8 2LE
- OS grid reference
- SE 337 371
- Coordinates
- 53.82976, -1.48917
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
St John's Church of England Primary School and St John's Almshouses, numbers 1-7, were built around 1830 and later altered in the 20th century. Designed by Thomas Taylor for Stephen Nicholson of Roundhay Park, the buildings are constructed from coursed squared gritstone with ashlar details and slate roofs, showcasing a Tudor style.
The central school block is flanked by two long ranges of single-storey almshouses, each with ten bays. The school features moulded coping on the gable ends, a central gabled porch with a pointed arched doorway, and a base for a crocketed finial at the top of the gable. On either side of the school, there are two large 2-light mullion and transom windows with dripmoulds.
The almshouses have projecting gabled end bays adorned with large ornate barge-boards and pendants, wide eaves, and shallow square bay windows with coved cornices. They also include small 2-light mullioned windows and doorways with dripmoulds, plank doors with cover moulds, and decorative wrought-iron hinges. Stone chimneys are present, although their shafts have been removed. The interior has not been inspected, but an early drawing of the group can be found in Linstrum, page 247.
Local climate
St Johns Church of England Primary School and St Johns Almshouses Numbers 1-7 (Consecutive) receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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