Lord Knyvett's Adult Education Centre is a Grade II* listed building in the Spelthorne local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 August 1952. A C17 Adult education centre.

Lord Knyvett's Adult Education Centre

WRENN ID
gilded-hall-bracken
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Spelthorne
Constituency
Spelthorne MP: Lincoln Jopp (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 August 1952
Type
Adult education centre
Period
C17
Address
Lord Knyvett's Adult Education Centre, 110 and 112, High Street
OS grid reference
TQ 059 743
Coordinates
51.45837, -0.47576
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Lord Knyvett's Adult Education Centre, located at Nos 110 and 112 on the south-east side of High Street in Stanwell, dates from around 1624, as indicated by a tablet displaying the coat of arms of its founder, Lord Knyvett. Originally designed as a two-storey pattern school, it featured separate entrances for boys and girls. The left portion of the building has been converted into one high room.

Architecturally, the centre showcases corbelled brick verges beneath a tiled roof and is topped with two brick chimneys, one of which is rendered. At the garret level, there is a single light moulded window. The building features two-light double-rebated mullion windows, with four on the first floor and two on the ground floor to the right. The left section has tall 20th-century two-light double-transomed windows flanking the entrance.

There are two doorways, both now with cement-rendered surrounds and pediments above. The right-hand doorway is arched, while the left is plain and has a tablet inscribed with text above it. The building is a good example of early 17th-century brickwork, characterized by narrow bricks and an irregular bond. The right-hand return has a gable-lit attic, and there is a single-storey 20th-century extension with one window to the left. The east return gable features the base of a finial at the apex and a moulded brick bullseye window. Additionally, there are two dormered wall chimneys at the rear and a Sun Fire Insurance Mark above the right-hand tall window. The interior retains an original staircase.

Local climate

Lord Knyvett's Adult Education Centre sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 83% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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