St James Former School Buildings is a Grade II listed building in the Reading local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 December 1978. School.

St James Former School Buildings

WRENN ID
woven-steeple-foxglove
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Reading
Constituency
Reading Central MP: Matt Rodda (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 December 1978
Type
School
Address
St James Former School Buildings, Forbury Road
OS grid reference
SU 719 735
Coordinates
51.45675, -0.96514
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

St James Former School Buildings, built in 1876, showcase a Plain Gothic architectural style. The structure is primarily constructed of flint, featuring Bath stone ashlar quoins and dressings. The roof is tiled, with modern Roman tiles. The building has two gables on the west side; the right gable is taller and projects forward, incorporating a belfry. Casement windows are set beneath shouldered lintels, with two on the left gable and five on the right gable. The upper parts of the gables include round-headed lights. This building is included for its group value.

Local climate

St James Former School Buildings sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 73% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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