Herbert Strutt School is a Grade II listed building in the Amber Valley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 December 1979. School.
Herbert Strutt School
- WRENN ID
- shifting-chamber-hemlock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Amber Valley
- Constituency
- Mid Derbyshire MP: Jonathan Davies (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 December 1979
- Type
- School
- Address
- Herbert Strutt School, Derby Road, Belper
- OS grid reference
- SK 346 469
- Coordinates
- 53.01882, -1.48446
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Herbert Strutt School, built in 1908, was designed by architects Hunter and Woodhouse of Belper and was commissioned by G H Strutt. The school features a symmetrical design and is situated in an elevated garden above the road. It is constructed from stone sourced from Strutt quarry in Makeney, with rusticated surfaces and Matlock stone dressings, topped with a Westmoreland green slated roof. The building is designed in the Jacobean style, with a central block that is two storeys high and includes a fleche spire. The gable ends are coped and feature chimneys. There are five long windows with paired arched lights, with the three central windows positioned under gables. Flanking the central block are single-storey gabled sections, one of which has a rear tower. These sections are connected by an arcade to the outer two-storey wings, which have windows with mullions, transoms, and leaded glazing. The design of the school is intended to harmonize with G. Scott's workhouse, which is now Babington Hospital, located opposite.
Local climate
Herbert Strutt School receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 67% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 74% 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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