The Corporation Charity School is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 January 1952. School. 1 related planning application.
The Corporation Charity School
- WRENN ID
- dim-passage-pigeon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Northampton North MP: Lucy Rigby (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 January 1952
- Type
- School
- Address
- The Corporation Charity School, 60a and 60b, Bridge Street, Northampton, NN1 1PA
- OS grid reference
- SP 753 602
- Coordinates
- 52.23511, -0.89738
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Corporation Charity School is a building dated 1811. It is constructed of brick with stone dressings and has a Welsh slate roof. The building is two storeys high and features a plinth and quoins. The ground floor originally had a central door in a stone surround with a moulded cornice. This has been altered with the insertion of two modern shop fronts. The first floor has three tall sash windows interspersed with two small stone niches. A plaque is situated above the door. The building forms a group with Nos. 56 to 60 (even), 60a and 60b.
Local climate
The Corporation Charity School sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 82% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 67% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2003
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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