Overbury Church of England Primary School is a Grade II listed building in the Wychavon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 December 1986. School. 2 related planning applications.

Overbury Church of England Primary School

WRENN ID
crooked-ledge-ochre
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wychavon
Constituency
West Worcestershire MP: Dame Harriett Baldwin (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
2 December 1986
Type
School
Address
Overbury Church of England Primary School, GL20 7NT
OS grid reference
SO 958 372
Coordinates
52.03392, -2.06199
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Overbury Church of England Primary School was built between 1876 and 1877 by Richard Norman Shaw for Robert Martin, with extensions in 1905 and 1913 by Ernest Newton for Richard Biddulph Martin. Later mid-20th century additions were made, and the building underwent restoration in 1985. It is constructed of snecked limestone ashlar with ashlar dressings, brick additions, and a plain tiled roof with gable-end parapets, gabled finials, and a large ashlar ridge stack featuring two square shafts and moulded capping. The building is arranged in a T-plan, with the main range aligned east/west and a west cross-wing incorporating a bell-tower. It is a single-story building with an attic.

The north front elevation features a broad central buttress flanked by six-light windows with a king mullion and a transom. A three-light window with transom and hoodmould is present at the west gable end, above which is a two-light window and a small opening in the gable apex. A lean-to with a catslide roof adjoins the east side, incorporating the main entrance with a square-headed opening, moulded architrave, a door with a cambered head and moulded spandrels, and a datestone inscribed "RM/1876". A window is situated in the angle with the main part, while a six-light window with two transoms and a hoodmould is found at the east gable end, above which is a two-light window.

The bell-tower projects from the west side elevation as a narrow gabled wing, featuring shallow gabled buttresses and a gabled bell-cote that extends beyond the roofline. The bell-cote has a two-light west window, a north doorway, an eaves-level loophole, an ogee-arched opening with hoodmoulds, large finials, a pair of gablets, a moulded stone roof ridge, and a tall weathervane. A two-story brick wing runs parallel to the main range at the rear, with a hipped-roofed mid-20th century addition projecting from it.

Local climate

Overbury Church of England Primary School 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 57% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 54% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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