Workshop and Science Block to North of Main Block at Woodlands School is a Grade II listed building in the Coventry local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 March 1993. School building.
Workshop and Science Block to North of Main Block at Woodlands School
- WRENN ID
- hidden-gable-sienna
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Coventry
- Constituency
- Coventry North West MP: Taiwo Owatemi (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 March 1993
- Type
- School building
- Address
- Workshop and Science Block to North of Main Block at Woodlands School, Broad Lane
- OS grid reference
- SP 278 794
- Coordinates
- 52.41227, -1.59235
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Workshop and Science Block, located to the north of the Main Block at Woodlands School, is a school building constructed between 1952 and 1957. It was designed by the City Architects Department in collaboration with the Ministry of Education Development Group. The building utilizes the Hills 3'4" system, featuring a steel frame with precast concrete panels. It has a flat roof with a prominent roof slab and is an irregular block of five storeys, with single-storey extensions to the east and west. The design includes extensive glazing arranged in horizontal bands, with painted metal framed windows and plate glass. The south face features three projecting balconies.
This block is an integral part of the Woodlands School complex, which also includes the Main Block, an Arts and Crafts block, a Gymnasium block, two additional gymnasia, three further teaching blocks, five house blocks, and a cycle store to the east. Woodlands School was notable as an experimental design project and is recognized as one of the early purpose-built comprehensive schools.
Local climate
Workshop and Science Block to North of Main Block at Woodlands School receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 62% 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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