Rough Park Riding School is a Grade II listed building in the Telford and Wrekin local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 April 1983. Riding school. 2 related planning applications.
Rough Park Riding School
- WRENN ID
- lost-mullion-mist
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Telford and Wrekin
- Constituency
- Telford MP: Shaun Davies (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 April 1983
- Type
- Riding school
- Address
- Rough Park Riding School, Woodside Avenue, Madeley, TF7 5PG
- OS grid reference
- SJ 684 048
- Coordinates
- 52.64063, -2.46795
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a late 18th century riding school. Constructed of whitewashed brick, it has a plain tile roof with stone-coped gable ends and brick dentil eaves. The building follows a single-pile plan and stands three stories high with three bays. It features sash windows with glazing bars set within segmental headed openings. A central doorway is framed by engaged Doric columns and a pediment, above which is a large plaque. Brick chimney stacks rise above the gable ends. A two-storied gabled wing extends from the rear.
Local climate
Rough Park Riding School receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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 2001
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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