Canterbury Cross Junior and Infants' School is a Grade II listed building in the Birmingham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 July 1982. School. 6 related planning applications.

Canterbury Cross Junior and Infants' School

WRENN ID
third-gable-rye
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Birmingham
Constituency
Birmingham Perry Barr MP: Ayoub Khan (Ind)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 July 1982
Type
School
Address
Canterbury Cross Junior and Infants' School, Canterbury Road B20, B20 3AA
OS grid reference
SP 068 904
Coordinates
52.51225, -1.8998
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Canterbury Cross Junior and Infants' School, dated 1906, is a single-storey building constructed of purple brick with terracotta dressings and a tiled roof. The structure features two gabled bays, a link bay, four gabled bays, and a smaller fifth gabled bay. The gabled bays are arranged transversely to a taller central spine that has cupolas on its roof line. Each gabled bay includes coupled arched windows, with each pair topped by a central oculus. The principal entrance is located in the link bay, characterized by broad segment-headed arches and a parapet adorned with art nouveau lettering, topped with a pyramidal roof and finial.

Local climate

Canterbury Cross Junior and Infants' School receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% 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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