Richard of Chichester Catholic Secondary School and Gates and Railings is a Grade II listed building in the Camden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 May 1974. School.
Richard of Chichester Catholic Secondary School and Gates and Railings
- WRENN ID
- turning-baluster-moth
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Camden
- Constituency
- Holborn and St Pancras
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 May 1974
- Type
- School
- Address
- Richard of Chichester Catholic Secondary School and Gates and Railings, Prince of Wales Road
- OS grid reference
- TQ 286 847
- Coordinates
- 51.5468, -0.14586
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Richard of Chichester Catholic Secondary School is a school building located on Prince of Wales Road, constructed in 1849. It was designed by architects Thomas Henry Wyatt and David Brandon and originally served as the 'Aged Governesses Asylum'. The building was altered and enlarged between 1877 and 1879 for its use as Camden School for Girls, with modifications made by E.C. Robins. The structure is made of ragstone and features slate roofs, standing two storeys high with three gabled bays. The central bay includes a two-storey bay window adorned with small gargoyles at the corners, positioned at the cornice level.
The school is accompanied by notable gates and railings. Both pairs of double gates were sourced from other locations and are designed in a style reminiscent of the early 18th century, influencing the design of the railings. The wrought-iron gates feature a right-hand segmental arch with a scrolled overthrow that includes the initials "GI". The openwork box piers are topped with scrollwork and finials. The left double gates showcase delicate scrollwork in the overthrow and similarly styled openwork box piers with intricate scrollwork and finials. The railings are topped with urn finials and include alternating rails with a double curved motif inspired by the gates.
Local climate
Richard of Chichester Catholic Secondary School and Gates and Railings sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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