Alcester St James Church of England Primary School is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 October 1973. School.

Alcester St James Church of England Primary School

WRENN ID
gentle-banister-birch
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
15 October 1973
Type
School
Address
Alcester St James Church of England Primary School, St James Street, Shaftesbury, SP7 8HQ
OS grid reference
ST 858 224
Coordinates
51.001, -2.20298
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Alcester St James Church of England Primary School was built in 1873 and is a single-storey structure featuring stone rubble walls and a plain tile roof. The building has higher gabled wings that project at both the east and west ends. In the central section, there is a doorway on the right side and a window on the left side, both adorned with painted arches. Additionally, there is a 2-light window in the center, topped with a gable. Each gable end includes a window with three lights arranged in three tiers, complemented by a pointed relieving arch.

Local climate

Alcester St James Church of England Primary School receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 58% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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