The Old School House is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 January 1967. A C18 School. 2 related planning applications.
The Old School House
- WRENN ID
- fallow-tin-wagtail
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Constituency
- Chester South and Eddisbury MP: Aphra Brandreth (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 January 1967
- Type
- School
- Address
- The Old School House, Sapling Lane, Rushton, CW6 9AF
- OS grid reference
- SJ 572 634
- Coordinates
- 53.16625, -2.64022
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old School House, now a house, was built in the mid to late 18th century. It is constructed of red Flemish bond brick with stone dressings and a slate roof. The two-storey building has an entrance front with a stone plinth and yellow brick headers. The right-hand bay features a doorway with a wooden doorcase of fluted pilasters and an open pediment above. The pediment is painted with an open book bearing the inscription: “GOD IS TRUTH THE WORD IS TRUTH THE SPIRIT IS TRUTH LOVE IN TRUTH”. The door is six-panelled. To the left of the doorway are two windows with stone sills and wedge lintels, each containing 3 x 4 sash panes. Matching windows are found on the first floor.
Local climate
The Old School House receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 62% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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 — 5 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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