Felsted School is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 August 1984. School. 1 related planning application.

Felsted School

WRENN ID
low-cobble-dew
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Uttlesford
Constituency
Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
6 August 1984
Type
School
Address
Felsted School, Braintree Road, CM6 3LL
OS grid reference
TL 679 206
Coordinates
51.8588, 0.4369
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Felsted School is a large school building constructed around 1867, designed by F. Chancellor. It features three storeys and includes a square tower topped with a square spire, which has a clock gable on the left side. To the left, there is a gabled crosswing that extends outward, topped with a smaller circular tower and spire covered in lead. A smaller range with a lower roof is located to the right. The roofs are covered in grey slate, with the main range displaying striated slate. The building is primarily made of polychrome red brick, accented with black brick banding and stone dressings.

The left tower has a clock gable adorned with three stone bands and a clock face set on a stone base. The main tower consists of three stages, featuring a small lancet window at the top and two lower stages with three-light lancet-type windows, all decorated with stone and brick heads and five stone bands. The entrance includes a six-panel door with three panels above, set within a Moorish arched surround formed by two moulded arches with shafts, moulded bases, foliated capitals, and a decorated stone tympanum. A red brick chimney stack is positioned to the right.

The main range has three storeys and eight bays, with each bay featuring a gabled dormer that includes a stone band and a brick circle. Brick relieving arches are present above the ground and first-floor windows, which are all three-light windows with glazing bars. The building displays four stone bands and various ornamental brickwork. The right crosswing matches the brickwork of the main range and includes an upper window of lights, along with a four-window range featuring square lights and segmental leaded lights. To the left is a two-centred doorway with a door. The right range has two gabled dormers and a combination of two and three-light windows, along with a two-storey, three-window range. A raised gabled porch is located to the left, accessible by steps, and there are two red brick chimney stacks on this range.

Local climate

Felsted School sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 94% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 88% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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