The Old School House and The Old Boys School is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 August 1985. School. 2 related planning applications.
The Old School House and The Old Boys School
- WRENN ID
- strange-landing-rook
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 August 1985
- Type
- School
- Address
- The Old School House and The Old Boys School, Allenheads, Hexham, West Allen, NE47 9HR
- OS grid reference
- NY 802 477
- Coordinates
- 54.82457, -2.30818
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old School House and The Old Boys School are a former school building dating to 1851. Constructed of squared stone with ashlar dressings, the building has a tooled and margined plinth and quoins. It is one and two storeys high, featuring seven bays with a symmetrical design. The central two-storey bay projects, displaying a three-light window on the ground floor and a two-light window above. A panel within the gable displays the inscription: "Carr Shield School/ Built by and on land belonging to/ W.B. Beaumont, Esq./ For the education of children/ Of all religious denominations/ 1851".
Flanking sections are of a single tall storey, each with a centrally located gabled porch projecting forward. The porches contain renewed doors with tall overlights, and panels above with the inscriptions "GIRLS SCHOOL" (left) and "BOYS SCHOOL" (right). Coped gables are present throughout. The intermediate bays have tall tripartite sash windows. All openings are set within recessed and hollow-chamfered surrounds. A corniced stone stack sits atop the left gable, while tall corniced stone stacks flank the centre bay. The right gable is topped by a bellcote carried on four block corbels. A date panel is located below a four-centred-arched opening, with a cornice above and triangular finials. The rear elevation has been altered.
Local climate
The Old School House and The Old Boys School sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,050 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 76 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 54 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 — 2 transactions since 1999
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- 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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