Essendon School is a Grade II listed building in the Welwyn Hatfield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 March 1993. School. 5 related planning applications.
Essendon School
- WRENN ID
- keen-jamb-willow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Welwyn Hatfield
- Constituency
- Welwyn Hatfield MP: Andrew Lewin (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 March 1993
- Type
- School
- Address
- Essendon School, School Lane, AL9 6HD
- OS grid reference
- TL 277 086
- Coordinates
- 51.76172, -0.15006
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Essendon School is a primary school built in 1947 by Hertfordshire County Council. The structure features a steel frame with horizontal precast concrete panels, designed using the Hills 8' 3" system as modified by Hertfordshire County Council. The building has a low-pitched roof over the hall and flat roofs over the classrooms.
The tall hall block is accompanied by two lower single-storey junior classrooms, which are set back and separated by a lower entrance link from the infants' classroom block. All these elements are arranged along a slight ridge, with the classrooms overlooking a valley. The hall has mostly solid walls, with a 5-bay strip of tall windows at first-floor level, and a brick podium that is recessed behind steel columns. A prominent circular concrete chimney is located at one end of the hall.
The classrooms are nearly fully glazed, featuring three bays of glazing per classroom, with metal window frames. The building also has overhanging eaves that create a cornice effect. This school is notable for being the first constructed using the Hills 8' 3" system as reformed by Hertfordshire.
Local climate
Essendon 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
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 2000
- Related listed building consents — 5 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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