'The Fishing Post' and the Old Schoolhouse is a Grade II listed building in the East Riding of Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 January 1985. House.
'The Fishing Post' and the Old Schoolhouse
- WRENN ID
- knotted-porch-frost
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Riding of Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Bridlington and The Wolds MP: Charlie Dewhirst (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 January 1985
- Type
- House
- Address
- 'The Fishing Post' and the Old Schoolhouse, Skerne and Wansford
- OS grid reference
- TA 062 567
- Coordinates
- 53.99567, -0.38051
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
'The Fishing Post' and The Old Schoolhouse is a school and master's house that has been converted into a single residence. It was built in 1877 by G E Street for Sir Tatton Sykes. The building is constructed of red brick with stone dressings and has a roof covered in plain tiles. It features an irregular main range with four projecting gabled wings of different sizes and heights.
The school section, located to the left and at the rear, is designed in the Gothic revival style, while the master's house is in the Jacobean domestic style. The entrance includes a boarded door framed in timber with a segmental head to the left, and another similar door in a pointed opening with a continuous segmental head to the left. To the right, there is a similar door in a pointed opening with a continuous chamfer.
The façade includes a 3-light window with plate tracery under a segmental head to the left, and a 4-light mullioned window with a king mullion to the right. In the center, there are three square-headed windows with mullions and two single-light square-headed windows. The first floor features 2-light casement windows with lead cames throughout. The gables are clad in shaped tiles, and there are axial stacks with stripwork and bands. The building is topped with a fleche that has a cross finial on the school roof. There are outbuildings to the right, but they are not of special interest.
Local climate
'The Fishing Post' and the Old Schoolhouse receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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