Kingsthorpe Grove Lower School and Attached Front Walls and Gateways is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 March 1997. A Edwardian School. 2 related planning applications.
Kingsthorpe Grove Lower School and Attached Front Walls and Gateways
- WRENN ID
- vacant-hammer-twilight
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Northampton North MP: Lucy Rigby (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 March 1997
- Type
- School
- Period
- Edwardian
- Address
- Kingsthorpe Grove Lower School and Attached Front Walls and Gateways, NN2 6NS
- OS grid reference
- SP 753 628
- Coordinates
- 52.25859, -0.89736
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Kingsthorpe Grove Lower School, built in 1905 by Law and Harris, is a school located in Northampton. It is constructed of red brick with moulded terracotta dressings and features plain tile roofs with numerous coped gables, finials, and various brick stacks. The building is designed in a simplified Flemish Renaissance style and has a symmetrical layout centered around a central hall, with wings on either side and a Nursery Unit to the left, connected by a wall and ornamental gateway. The school is mostly single storey and has a long facade with glazing bar sash windows. The hall features mullion and transom windows with leaded lights that include art nouveau style stained glass. The Nursery Unit mirrors this style. To the right of the main building, there is another ornamental gateway and wall.
Inside, the Nursery Unit has a central hall surrounded by classrooms, all of which retain their original fireplaces. The hall is adorned with dado tiling and features art nouveau style stained glass in the end windows. The main range includes a larger central hall with more elaborate stained glass, along with corridors leading to classrooms, which also have original fireplaces and dado tiling. Slightly detached to the right is the Cookery Centre, which forms part of the group. The entire school is an excellent example of its period, remaining largely intact and showcasing many fine details.
Local climate
Kingsthorpe Grove Lower School and Attached Front Walls and Gateways sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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