Old School is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 June 1986. Art gallery, house.
Old School
- WRENN ID
- old-paling-gilt
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 June 1986
- Type
- Art gallery, house
- Address
- Old School, Blanchland Village
- OS grid reference
- NY 965 504
- Coordinates
- 54.84864, -2.0552
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old School is a building that dates back to around 1860, likely designed by S.S. Teulon. It is constructed from coursed rubble with cut quoins and dressings, topped with a green slate roof. The building has an irregular cruciform plan and features a design reminiscent of the 13th century.
The front elevation is one storey high and consists of five irregular bays. The second bay projects forward and includes a transomed three-light window with a finial cross above it. To the left of this bay, there is a stepped stack with an ornate terracotta pot. Flanking the central bay are lower gabled porches, each with pointed arches and trefoiled finials; the left porch is now glazed, while the right porch contains a door with decorative ironwork.
Behind the left porch is a low block with a coped left gable. The full-height block behind the right porch extends two bays to the right and features paired lancet windows, a block corbel table at the eaves, and a coped right gable. The building includes single-stepped buttresses, kneelers with sunk trefoiled panels, and gabled dormers with slatted vents, all topped with steeply pitched roofs. The returns of the building display similar window arrangements. Notably, the roof of the central cross-wing was once topped by a tall wooden bellcote. The Old School is included for its group value.
Local climate
Old School sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 55% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 62 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 42 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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