Former School House at Stoke on Trent Union Workhouse, Now Occupied by City General Hospital is a Grade II listed building in the Stoke-on-Trent local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 March 1993. School house. 13 related planning applications.

Former School House at Stoke on Trent Union Workhouse, Now Occupied by City General Hospital

WRENN ID
gilded-threshold-rain
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Stoke-on-Trent
Constituency
Stoke-on-Trent Central MP: Gareth Snell (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
15 March 1993
Type
School house
Address
Former School House at Stoke on Trent Union Workhouse, Now Occupied by City General Hospital, Newcastle Road, City of Stoke-On-Trent, ST4 6QG
OS grid reference
SJ 856 452
Coordinates
53.00475, -2.21601
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The former school house at Stoke-on-Trent Union Workhouse, now part of City General Hospital, was built in 1842. It features Flemish bond brickwork with blue headers and a plain tiled roof. The building is two stories high and consists of 15 bays arranged in a pattern of 1-6-1-6-1. The central entrance is located in an advanced pedimented bay, which has a segmental arch with banded stone voussoirs and blocks, along with a triple window above. The outer single bays are also advanced and have stone architraves around the windows. Long linking ranges include 16-pane sash windows with flat-arched stuccoed heads, some of which have been renewed in their original openings. There is a continuous sill band, overhanging eaves, and gable and axial stacks.

Local climate

Former School House at Stoke on Trent Union Workhouse, Now Occupied by City General Hospital receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 57% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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