King Alfred School (Main Block) is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 February 1987. School. 3 related planning applications.

King Alfred School (Main Block)

WRENN ID
western-vault-tarn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Wells and Mendip Hills MP: Tessa Munt (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 February 1987
Type
School
Address
King Alfred School (Main Block), Broadway, Edington, TA7 9JP
OS grid reference
ST 383 397
Coordinates
51.1534, -2.88296
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

King Alfred School (Main Block) is a small country villa that has been converted into a school. It dates from the early 19th century and features a rendered and colorwashed exterior, with a dentil eaves cornice that supports troughing. The main section of the building has a hipped slate roof, while an addition has a double-Roman tile roof. The building is roughly square in shape and includes a single-storey addition to the north with a flat roof and a parapet with coping.

The garden front faces west and consists of one-to-one bays, with the right bay featuring shallow full-height segmental bows. The first floor has 12-pane sash windows, and the ground floor has a 15-pane and an 18-pane sash window. The entrance front has two bays in a matching style, with a porch that includes pilasters, a cornice, and a parapet, along with a segmental door opening and paired two-panelled doors.

To the north, there is a later 19th-century addition made of brick and rubble, which is two storeys high with an attic and mainly features 2-light casements with glazing bars. Inside, the building boasts a good cantilever staircase, fireplaces, doors, plaster cornices, and a hall with stone setts. It is noted to be situated on a medieval site and was formerly known as Edington Manor.

Local climate

King Alfred School (Main Block) receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 50% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 66% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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