Former St Mary's Infants' School is a Grade II listed building in the Lichfield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 February 1975. School. 7 related planning applications.
Former St Mary's Infants' School
- WRENN ID
- ruined-spindle-poplar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lichfield
- Constituency
- Lichfield MP: Dave Robertson (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 February 1975
- Type
- School
- Address
- Former St Mary's Infants' School, Pool Walk, WS13 6QT
- OS grid reference
- SK 115 095
- Coordinates
- 52.68371, -1.83055
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Former St Mary's Infants' School is a building located in Lichfield, constructed in 1840 with a small extension added in 1869. It was designed by Thomas Johnson of Lichfield and originally served as a Diocesan Training School and Commercial School. The structure is made of brick featuring buff brick diapering and ashlar dressings, topped with a slate roof and a brick end stack.
This single-storey building has a four-window range with a cross wing. Notable architectural features include an ashlar sill course and a coped gable with kneelers. The windows are double-chamfered and cross-mullioned, with small-paned glazing that consists mostly of elongated octagons and squares, along with plate glass opening lights. The wing includes a similar four-light transomed window, and there is a roundel above that features an enriched iron grille.
The left return of the building has a coped gable with a finial above two windows, while the rear displays simpler architectural details. Additionally, the left return has a lateral stack and a small gabled wing at the rear, with an archway leading to the area that includes a plank door. The school operated under St Mary's Schools from 1863 until 1981 and was used by Lichfield Cathedral School until 1989.
Local climate
Former St Mary's Infants' School receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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- Related listed building consents — 7 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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