Former Holy Rood Roman Catholic School is a Grade II listed building in the Watford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 January 1983. School.
Former Holy Rood Roman Catholic School
- WRENN ID
- iron-cellar-grove
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Watford
- Constituency
- Watford MP: Matt Turmaine (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 January 1983
- Type
- School
- Address
- Former Holy Rood Roman Catholic School, Percy Road
- OS grid reference
- TQ 108 963
- Coordinates
- 51.6551, -0.39896
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The former Holy Rood Roman Catholic School is a modest building constructed in 1893 by J F Bentley, with alterations made in 1898 and later. It is built from flint and brick and features a plain tile roof. The structure includes a gabled cross-wing at the west end and a long main range with a rear wing attached to the southeast. The building is one storey high and has three windows on the northwest gable, which includes a tall pair in the center flanked by lower windows, all with stone lintels and brick relieving arches. The center pair has glazing bars and top lights. The main range on the north side has four groups of three glazing bar casements, while the rear wing features a tile-hung gable with a row of four casements. The building is included for its group value.
Local climate
Former Holy Rood Roman Catholic School sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 61% 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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