Gymnasium at Smithdon School is a Grade II* listed building in the King0s Lynn and West Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 March 1993. Gymnasium. 5 related planning applications.
Gymnasium at Smithdon School
- WRENN ID
- silver-spire-sienna
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- King0s Lynn and West Norfolk
- Constituency
- North West Norfolk MP: James Wild (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 March 1993
- Type
- Gymnasium
- Address
- Gymnasium at Smithdon School, Kings Lynn Road, Hunstanton, King's Lynn and West Norfolk
- OS grid reference
- TF 678 405
- Coordinates
- 52.93602, 0.49546
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The gymnasium at Smithdon School is a school building constructed between 1950 and 1954, designed by architects Alison and Peter Smithson. It features a steel frame with buff sandlime brick infill and has a flat roof. The structure is a freestanding, symmetrical block that stands one tall storey high. The upper part of the wall is marked by a horizontal division and is taller in proportion than the lower floor. The ends of the building have obscured solid panels, while the long side consists of nine bays, with the end bays being broader than the central seven bays, which are fully glazed. A later addition, a swimming pool, is attached to the gymnasium but is not considered of special interest. The gymnasium is an important part of the school.
Local climate
Gymnasium at Smithdon School receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 10 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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 sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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