Peterscourt is a Grade II listed building in the Peterborough local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 May 1973. Educational building.
Peterscourt
- WRENN ID
- muffled-zinc-sienna
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Peterborough
- Constituency
- Peterborough MP: Andrew Pakes (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 May 1973
- Type
- Educational building
- Address
- Peterscourt, City Road, City of Peterborough
- OS grid reference
- TL 193 988
- Coordinates
- 52.57416, -0.23976
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Peterscourt is a building located on City Road in Peterborough, constructed between 1856 and 1864 by architect Sir George Gilbert Scott. Originally built as a teacher training college for men, it now serves as council offices. The structure is made of red brick and features a tiled roof, with paired lancet-headed windows. It is two storeys high, with gabled semi-dormers, while the left-hand block rises to three storeys and includes three-light windows with head diapered brick in recesses. The building is primarily noted for its doorway, which was salvaged from the London Guildhall after it was damaged in the Second World War. This doorway dates back to the early 18th century and is made of wood, showcasing finely carved Corinthian pilasters with swags on the frieze, along with a rectangular fanlight featuring Gothic glazing.
Local climate
Peterscourt sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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