Pilsley Church of England School is a Grade II listed building in the Peak District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 June 1987. School. 5 related planning applications.
Pilsley Church of England School
- WRENN ID
- vacant-tin-wind
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Peak District National Park
- Constituency
- Derbyshire Dales MP: John Whitby (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 June 1987
- Type
- School
- Address
- Pilsley Church of England School, Main Road, Derbyshire Dales, DE45 1UF
- OS grid reference
- SK 240 709
- Coordinates
- 53.23487, -1.64041
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Pilsley Church of England School is a school building constructed in 1849 by Joseph Paxton, funded by the Duke of Devonshire. It underwent alterations and extensions around 1980. The structure is made of coursed squared sandstone and ashlar, topped with a fishscale Westmorland slate roof featuring coped gables and plain kneelers. It has stone and blue brick lateral stacks and is designed in a single storey, T plan, with an additional 20th-century southwest wing that is not of special interest.
The building has a chamfered plinth and flush quoins. The east gable end is stepped and features a 3-light recessed and chamfered mullion window with a returned hoodmould. Above this window is a First World War memorial clock with a moulded stone surround and rectangular hoodmould. Below the window, there are memorial plaques for the First and Second World Wars, also with moulded stone surrounds. A taller gabled wall behind includes a narrow slit window with a returned hoodmould.
The symmetrical south elevation has a tall projecting entrance bay at the center, which includes a large doorway with a chamfered surround and returned hoodmould, a panelled door with an overlight, and a sunk square panel above displaying the date 1849. Atop the gable is a tall square bellcote with an open timber superstructure on a stone base and a concave pyramid roof. Flanking the porch bay are two 5-light recessed and chamfered mullioned windows, along with a pair of similar 20th-century 2-light windows below.
Local climate
Pilsley Church of England School receives an average of 930 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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- Related listed building consents — 5 applications
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- Radon risk assessment
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