The Gilbert Sheldon Church of England (C) School is a Grade II listed building in the East Staffordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 January 1966. School. 1 related planning application.
The Gilbert Sheldon Church of England (C) School
- WRENN ID
- hidden-keystone-magpie
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Staffordshire
- Constituency
- Burton and Uttoxeter MP: Jacob Collier (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 January 1966
- Type
- School
- Address
- The Gilbert Sheldon Church of England (C) School, Marsh Lane, Stanton, DE6 2DA
- OS grid reference
- SK 126 460
- Coordinates
- 53.01183, -1.81331
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Gilbert Sheldon Church of England School is a school building from the 18th century, with remodelling and additions made in the mid-19th century. It is constructed from coursed, squared, and dressed large stone blocks, topped with a clay tile roof and featuring a coursed and squared stone integral end stack.
On the north elevation, the building is one storey high with a coved eaves course. It has about six roof bays and vertical joints on the left and right that indicate three phases of construction. There is a four-panelled door located to the right of centre, a blocked doorway to the left of centre, and a blocked window opening in the centre. Above this, there is a gabled dormer featuring a top-opening window set in a chamfered surround.
The south elevation also has one storey and consists of four bays. It features large six-light top-opening windows in chamfered surrounds, with a casement window to the right. To the left, there is a lower gabled projection that includes a four-light top-opening window and painted barge boards. A door is situated to the right, along with a central weatherboarded flat roof porch and a concrete block flat roof porch to the right of centre. There is a lateral stack positioned to the left of centre.
Local climate
The Gilbert Sheldon Church of England (C) School receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 55% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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