Gymnasium and Studio at Diocesan Training College (Fronts Great Northern Road) is a Grade II listed building in the Derby local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 February 1977. Gymnasium.
Gymnasium and Studio at Diocesan Training College (Fronts Great Northern Road)
- WRENN ID
- forgotten-ashlar-grain
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Derby
- Constituency
- Derby North MP: Catherine Atkinson (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 February 1977
- Type
- Gymnasium
- Address
- Gymnasium and Studio at Diocesan Training College (Fronts Great Northern Road), Uttoxeter New Road, City of Derby
- OS grid reference
- SK 340 360
- Coordinates
- 52.92052, -1.49439
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Gymnasium and Studio at the Diocesan Training College, built in 1914, is designed in the Arts and Crafts style by Curry and Thompson. It is constructed of red brick with a tiled roof featuring half hips. The building has two storeys and consists of seven bays supported by buttresses. The lower storey houses the gymnasium, while the upper storey contains the studio. Entrances are located on the east front.
The ground floor windows on the east and west fronts have segmental two-order arches and splayed jambs. On the east front, all studio windows are full width between the buttresses and extend above the main eaves level. Gablets above the first, third, and fifth windows are linked by high-level eaves over the second and fourth windows. The west front features blank arches made of lighter coloured brick that spring between the buttresses, with crowns positioned below the eaves level.
At the southwest corner, there is a projecting semi-circular stair turret, which has canted sides in its upper part and oversailing corners supported by brick corbelling. The turret is topped with a candle snuffer roof and a metal finial.
Local climate
Gymnasium and Studio at Diocesan Training College (Fronts Great Northern Road) receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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