Paxton Suite and Attached Railings is a Grade II listed building in the High Peak local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 October 1988. Theatre, conference centre. 1 related planning application.
Paxton Suite and Attached Railings
- WRENN ID
- rooted-bonework-indigo
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- High Peak
- Constituency
- High Peak MP: Jon Pearce (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 October 1988
- Type
- Theatre, conference centre
- Address
- Paxton Suite and Attached Railings, St Johns Road, SK17 6BE
- OS grid reference
- SK 055 734
- Coordinates
- 53.25827, -1.91796
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Paxton Suite, originally a theatre and now a conference centre, was built in 1889 and underwent alterations around 1930 and 1980. Designed by W.R. Bryden, the building is constructed from narrow coursed millstone grit with ashlar dressings and features a hipped Welsh slate roof with a central louvred vent.
The exterior is a single storey with a sill band. The north street front has six windows arranged in a 1:4:1 pattern, divided by rusticated Doric pilasters. These are topped by a moulded entablature and a parapet that is adorned with four ball finials and two urn-shaped finials. The end bays project slightly and are crowned by ornate shaped gables with open pediments that contain pointed finials. The gables feature oval panels with keystones and central carvings flanked by pilasters.
The entrance doors at both ends consist of central doors with sidelights and an overlight, all within moulded and shouldered surrounds topped with segmental pediments. The right doorway is no longer in use. Between the doors are four blocked windows, each with moulded surrounds and pediments. To the right is an altered two-storey wing with a 20th-century entrance and two small windows above. Further right is a four-window wing featuring altered 20th-century casements.
The basement entrance is protected by attached spearhead railings at the front. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
Paxton Suite and Attached Railings sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,060 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 51 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 32 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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