West Lake View and the Old School is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 April 1969. Former school. 1 related planning application.
West Lake View and the Old School
- WRENN ID
- brooding-tracery-stoat
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 April 1969
- Type
- Former school
- Address
- West Lake View and the Old School, Front Street, Capheaton, NE19 2AH
- OS grid reference
- NZ 032 802
- Coordinates
- 55.11699, -1.95012
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
West Lake View and The Old School is a former school and attached cottage, now divided into two cottages, dating from the 18th and 19th centuries. The older part is constructed of random rubble, while the later section features ashlar stone. Both sections are topped with Welsh slate roofs.
The older single-storey section on the right has eight bays and includes two early 19th-century, two-light mullioned windows with hoodmoulds, three early 19th-century windows with chamfered surrounds, and three 20th-century windows. It has a steeply-pitched roof with reverse-stepped gables and two ridge stacks.
The higher section to the left is one and a half storeys with two bays, featuring 20th-century casement windows and half-dormers. It has a gabled roof with an end stack and doors located at the rear.
This building is included for its group value.
Local climate
West Lake View and the Old School receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 50 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 30 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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- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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