Urban Studies Centre is a Grade II listed building in the Wakefield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 May 1976. Former school. 1 related planning application.

Urban Studies Centre

WRENN ID
hidden-quoin-tallow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wakefield
Constituency
Wakefield and Rothwell MP: Simon Lightwood (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
27 May 1976
Type
Former school
Address
Urban Studies Centre, Thornhill Street
OS grid reference
SE 334 204
Coordinates
53.67948, -1.49472
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Urban Studies Centre, originally a Methodist Primary School, was built in 1846. It features an inscribed and dated plaque in the pediment above a slightly projecting central bay. The building is a single storey with three wide bays, constructed of coursed ashlar with raised quoins, plinths, a cornice, and a parapet. The sash windows, which have glazing bars, include a tripartite arrangement in the center, all set within architraves that are topped with console bracketed cornices. The north return has plain sills and lintels for its tripartite windows, which are fixed lights with small panes. The south return is similar, and there are additional, simpler rear sections made of coursed stone with fairly low pitched slated roofs, also featuring sash windows with glazing bars.

Local climate

Urban Studies Centre receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 64% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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