The School is a Grade II listed building in the Chesterfield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 March 1974. Educational. 1 related planning application.
The School
- WRENN ID
- dim-porch-pearl
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Chesterfield
- Constituency
- North East Derbyshire MP: Louise Sandher-Jones (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 March 1974
- Type
- Educational
- Address
- The School, Church Street, Staveley, S43 3TL
- OS grid reference
- SK 432 748
- Coordinates
- 53.26894, -1.35226
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The School, built in 1844, was founded by the Duke of Devonshire and likely designed by Paxton. It features a central two-storey octagonal block made of ashlar stone, with one sash window on each face set in a plain surround with an arched head. The corners have quoins, and there is a plain doorway with a six-panelled door, where the upper panels are glazed, topped by a pedimented porch with arched openings at the front and sides. Single-storey wings extend at right angles from the central block, connected by porchways. The building has overhanging lined eaves supported by brackets and is covered with slate roofing. The School is part of a group that includes St John's Church, the Churchyard Cross, Staveley Hall, and the former stables and coach house of Staveley Hall, along with the garden walls of Staveley Hall.
Local climate
The School receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 62% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 2007
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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