Kings School Gymnasium is a Grade II listed building in the Gloucester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 January 1952. Gymnasium. 1 related planning application.
Kings School Gymnasium
- WRENN ID
- standing-zinc-mallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Gloucester
- Constituency
- Gloucester MP: Alex McIntyre (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 January 1952
- Type
- Gymnasium
- Address
- Kings School Gymnasium, Cathedral Precincts
- OS grid reference
- SO 831 188
- Coordinates
- 51.86775, -2.24633
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The King's School Gymnasium, built in 1852, is located in the Cathedral Precincts of Gloucester. Designed by F.S. Waller, the gymnasium is styled after late 14th-century architecture found in the nearby cathedral church. The building is constructed of rubble with ashlar details and features a steeply pitched slate roof adorned with small louvred dormers, coped gables, and kneelers. It consists of a large rectangular hall situated at the west end, on the site of the former dormitory of the Benedictine Abbey of St Peter, and is accessed from the cloister.
The exterior includes an offset plinth and short weathered buttresses. The east gable-end wall showcases a four-light window with Perpendicular tracery, along with a pair of linked quatrefoil roof vents at the gable's apex. The west elevation has four bays with 2-light ogee-headed windows set in square-headed openings. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
Kings School Gymnasium receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 52% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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