College House Sanatorium at Oakham School is a Grade II* listed building in the Rutland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 May 1950. A C14 Sanatorium. 1 related planning application.
College House Sanatorium at Oakham School
- WRENN ID
- young-wattle-claret
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Rutland
- Constituency
- Rutland and Stamford MP: Alicia Kearns (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 May 1950
- Type
- Sanatorium
- Address
- College House Sanatorium at Oakham School, Church Street, LE15 6AA
- OS grid reference
- SK 860 088
- Coordinates
- 52.67049, -0.72937
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
College House, located on Church Street, is a former vicarage that now serves as a sanatorium. The building dates back to around 1330, with alterations made in the 17th and 18th centuries, and some modernisation in the 20th century. It is a sprawling two-storey structure built from coursed stone, with a stone slate roof and rusticated quoins. The central gable features one window, with two windows on each side, all with flat wood lintels and hung sashes, showcasing 18th-century fenestration. There has been considerable modern restoration to the building.
Inside, the property boasts a very rare and well-preserved medieval roof structure, which has been dendro-dated to between 1319 and 1339. This roof features four crown posts, each with side braces that support a central beam. The collars hold pairs of rafters, each linked with supporting braces. This unusual roof structure remains largely intact and unaltered, although it does include some modern strengthening timbers. The building is listed at a high grade due to the significance of its surviving medieval roof structure.
Local climate
College House Sanatorium at Oakham School sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 63% 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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