School of Nursing is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. Training school.

School of Nursing

WRENN ID
vast-iron-grain
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cumberland
Constituency
Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Training school
Address
School of Nursing, Bridekirk
OS grid reference
NY 095 334
Coordinates
54.68822, -3.40539
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The School of Nursing, originally a house, dates from the late 18th century or early 19th century. It features painted stucco walls with an eaves course and angle pilasters, topped by a graduated greenslate roof with stucco chimney stacks. The building is two storeys high and has three bays. The entrance includes a panelled door with a radial fanlight set within a pilastered surround. Sash windows with glazing bars are present in painted stone surrounds. The left side of the building has a similar door and windows, while the rear features a round-headed staircase window.

Local climate

School of Nursing sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,420 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 98% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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