Templewood School is a Grade II* listed building in the Welwyn Hatfield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 March 1993. Educational. 12 related planning applications.
Templewood School
- WRENN ID
- pale-plaster-crimson
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Welwyn Hatfield
- Constituency
- Welwyn Hatfield MP: Andrew Lewin (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 March 1993
- Type
- Educational
- Address
- Templewood School, Pentley Park, AL8 7SD
- OS grid reference
- TL 235 138
- Coordinates
- 51.80996, -0.20913
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Templewood School is a primary school built in 1950 by Hertfordshire County Council. It features a steel frame with precast concrete panels that are set vertically, along with coloured panel infill, based on the Hills 8' 3" system as modified by Hertfordshire County Council. The building has an irregular plan with a central hall, flanked by kitchen and dining rooms to the east. There are two additional wings: a single-storey section with three low classrooms for infants on the south-western side, and five taller classrooms for juniors on the north-western side, arranged in a staggered layout. Each classroom has horizontal strip windows with three bays, coloured solid panels beneath, and metal frames, along with overhanging eaves cornices. The interior features three original murals by Pat Tew, with two located outside the hall and one in the dining room. The school has been awarded the RIBA medal and is noted in A. Saint's "Towards a Social Architecture."
Local climate
Templewood School sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 12 applications
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- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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