Former Catholic School is a Grade II listed building in the Norwich local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 June 1972. Former school.
Former Catholic School
- WRENN ID
- secret-jamb-swallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Norwich
- Constituency
- Norwich South MP: Clive Lewis (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 June 1972
- Type
- Former school
- Address
- Former Catholic School, Willow Lane
- OS grid reference
- TG 226 086
- Coordinates
- 52.62993, 1.28822
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The former Catholic School, built in 1827 by J.T. Patience, is a two-storey building that has been converted from a Catholic Chapel and was empty at the time of the re-survey. The structure features white brick with red brick on the sides and has a hipped slate roof. It is arranged in three bays, with the central bay projecting. The central entrance is adorned with an Ionic hexastyle portico, and the entablature extends across the outer bays, acting as a stringcourse with pilasters above. The outer bays contain casement windows with glazing bars and rubbed brick semi-circular arches, while the central bay has a blind window. The building is topped with a modillion cornice and a pediment over the central bay, and it is enclosed by a simple cast-iron railing and gates. There have been 20th-century renovations.
Local climate
Former 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 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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