Oldbury Wells School (West) is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 March 1993. Secondary school.
Oldbury Wells School (West)
- WRENN ID
- eternal-plaster-laurel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 March 1993
- Type
- Secondary school
- Address
- Oldbury Wells School (West), Bridgnorth
- OS grid reference
- SO 710 925
- Coordinates
- 52.53003, -2.42874
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Oldbury Wells School (West) is a secondary school, originally a secondary modern school for boys, built in 1958. Designed by Lyons, Israel and Ellis, the building features a reinforced concrete frame with brick infill, solid panels, and glazing, topped with a flat roof. It is two storeys high and consists of a main rectangular block with eleven bays, along with a smaller single-storey kitchen that projects to the east, made of brick.
The main block has a board-marked concrete frame that stands out from the facades. The entrance is located at bays six and seven from the south, which is deeply recessed and includes a staircase projection to the right, also set back behind the columns. The entrance hall is characterized by floor-to-ceiling glazing. To the left of the entrance, a concrete boiler house chimney extends through the roof, serving as an architectural feature, while a water tower also projects above the entrance as another notable feature. The hall to the left is double-height, with walls that are partly solid and partly made up of vertical strip windows. The classrooms are fully glazed, featuring thick timber window mullions and a dado-level band.
Local climate
Oldbury Wells School (West) receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% 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 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% 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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