Primary School is a Grade II listed building in the Colchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 January 1982. School.

Primary School

WRENN ID
empty-marble-poplar
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Colchester
Constituency
Witham MP: Priti Patel (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
27 January 1982
Type
School
Address
Primary School, Birch Street
OS grid reference
TL 942 199
Coordinates
51.8442, 0.8184
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is an early 19th century primary school built in grey gault brick, featuring a grey slate hipped roof. The building is single storey and has an H plan layout. It includes a window arrangement of 2:3:2, with 19th century pivot windows that have glazing bars and drip moulds. There are modern extensions at both the north and south ends of the building.

Local climate

Primary School sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 50% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 17 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 83% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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