Former Church of England Primary School Attached Wall Piers and Railings is a Grade II listed building in the Teignbridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 December 1986. Former school.
Former Church of England Primary School Attached Wall Piers and Railings
- WRENN ID
- distant-minaret-bramble
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Teignbridge
- Constituency
- Newton Abbot MP: Martin Wrigley (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 December 1986
- Type
- Former school
- Address
- Former Church of England Primary School Attached Wall Piers and Railings, Highweek Street, Newton Abbot
- OS grid reference
- SX 856 714
- Coordinates
- 50.53152, -3.61489
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The former Church of England Primary School, now converted into housing, was likely built around 1870 by J Rowell. It features coursed, squared, and snecked rubble with freestone dressings and a slate roof, showcasing a Gothic Revival style. The building has a nearly symmetrical design with a low central gable that includes a brick stack and wavy bargeboards. This central gable is flanked by slightly projecting full-height coped gables that lead to long rear wings, creating a reversed 'U' plan. Small porch gables are situated on either side of these wings. The structure is connected on the right to the chapel of St Mary by a crenellated wall with a granite arch, which likely dates back to the 14th century.
Each gable features shallow pointed arches that hold 20th-century windows. The left gable has a trefoil opening, while the right gable includes a similar opening beneath a bellcote, which does not contain a bell. The small gabled porches on the far left and right have planked doors set in shouldered openings, topped with blind panels that have trefoil heads. Additional architectural details include a plinth, coped verges, a brick stack over the central gablet, which has cusped bargeboards and a segmental-pointed window, as well as a pointed-arched door. There are two more stacks at the eaves in the lateral angles leading to the rear courtyard, and a ventilator is located on the left ridge. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
Former Church of England Primary School Attached Wall Piers and Railings receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 83% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 11 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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