The School is a Grade II listed building in the Blaby local planning authority area, England. School. 4 related planning applications.
The School
- WRENN ID
- endless-mantel-swift
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Blaby
- Constituency
- South Leicestershire MP: Alberto Costa (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- School
- Address
- The School, the Drive, Countesthorpe, LE8 5PB
- OS grid reference
- SP 569 955
- Coordinates
- 52.55491, -1.1609
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The School, built in 1884, was constructed by the Leicester Poor Law Union for the cottage homes. Designed by I. Baradale, the building is of brick construction with a Welsh slate roof. It comprises three distinct units arranged around a small playground.
The central main block is simple in design, with one and a half storeys and a steeply pitched Welsh slate roof, featuring a gabled dormer window. To the left, two semi-circular brick arches connect the main block to a wing; one arch provides access to the yard, while the other forms a window opening for a school office. The left wing’s gable end has a four-light timber mullioned window on the first floor, accompanied below by a pair of French windows and a single-light wooden casement. Wide overhanging eaves are visible, with exposed purlins in the gable. Three dormer windows are positioned on the outer roof slope, two smaller ones flanking a central, larger dormer, each with three or four lights respectively. A similar arrangement of dormers is present on the right-hand wing's roof. This wing also features a high gable and steeply pitched roof, with an elliptical arched window in the gable. A timber and lead bellcote and spire, topped with a crucifix, sits on the ridge.
Local climate
The School receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 61% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2016
- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
- 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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