Old School House is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 December 1985. Residential.

Old School House

WRENN ID
half-pediment-indigo
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Northumberland
Constituency
North Northumberland MP: David Smith (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 December 1985
Type
Residential
Address
Old School House, Cresswell Village
OS grid reference
NZ 291 933
Coordinates
55.23367, -1.5434
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old School House, dated 1838 above the doorway, was originally the schoolmistress' house. It is constructed from tooled squared stone with ashlar dressings and features a slate roof. The main section is a single storey with three bays. It has three-light mullioned windows set in double-chamfered surrounds, except for the 20th-century double doors located in the third bay. The building has coped gables with moulded kneelers and a stepped, corniced ridge stack with conjoined shafts. To the left, there is a one-storey, one-bay link that was the former school entrance to Fenham House. The central boarded door is situated under a chamfered four-centred arch and is flanked by two-light mullioned windows, with the right window featuring latticed glazing. The building is topped with a moulded parapet.

Local climate

Old School House receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 58% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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Nearby listed buildings

  1. Fenham House Grade II 16 m
  2. Church Cottages Grade II 51 m
  3. Roadside Wall from Parish Church to Old School House Grade II 51 m
  4. Church of St Bartholomew Grade II 81 m
  5. Cresswell Tower Grade II* 227 m
  6. Boundary Wall to East of Cresswell Tower Grade II 235 m
  7. Stable Block of Former Cresswell Hall Grade II 489 m
  8. Farmbuildings and Yard Walls to North of Home Farm Grade II 1.5 km
  9. Home Farmhouse Grade II 1.5 km
  10. Stable and Paddock Walls to East of Farmbuildings Grade II 1.5 km