Bournville School of Art and Crafts is a Grade II listed building in the Birmingham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 January 1970. School.
Bournville School of Art and Crafts
- WRENN ID
- kindled-plinth-gold
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Birmingham
- Constituency
- Birmingham Selly Oak MP: Al Carns (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 January 1970
- Type
- School
- Address
- Bournville School of Art and Crafts, Linden Road B30
- OS grid reference
- SP 043 813
- Coordinates
- 52.43032, -1.93706
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Bournville School of Art and Crafts, built between 1902 and 1905 by W Alexander Harvey, was originally called Ruskin Hall and was inspired by J H Whitehouse, a friend of John Ruskin. The building features brick construction with stone dressings and a tiled roof, presenting an irregular L-shaped layout. On the left side, there is a cabled bay, and the roof slopes down low over the main hall, which includes a tall, narrow gabled stairwell on the right. The broad gabled short arm of the L features a prominent canted bay window. At the angle, there is a low stone porch accessed by steps, topped with a square sculptured panel above the segment-headed entrance. All windows include mullions and mostly transoms, with dormer windows in the roof fitted with leaded lights. To the right, there is a modern extension that is not of special interest.
Local climate
Bournville School of Art and Crafts receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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