The Old School and School House is a Grade II listed building in the Rutland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 June 1984. House, school. 3 related planning applications.
The Old School and School House
- WRENN ID
- noble-cellar-dust
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Rutland
- Constituency
- Rutland and Stamford MP: Alicia Kearns (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 June 1984
- Type
- House, school
- Address
- The Old School and School House, Main Street, Barrowden, LE15 8EQ
- OS grid reference
- SK 945 000
- Coordinates
- 52.59005, -0.60509
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old School and School House is a pair of houses that were originally built as a school and school house in 1862, with an extension added in 1872. The structure is made of coursed squared stone, featuring stone, buff, and blue brick dressings, as well as blue brick banding. It has a Collyweston slate roof with stone and buff brick ridge and side stacks. The principal gables are adorned with plain barge boards that are cusped at the apex. The building presents an irregular gabled design of one and one-and-a-half storeys.
The front facing Main Street includes a 20th-century double door in a one-storey extension on the left, followed by a tall triple lancet window in the centre gable, and two three-light casements with a side stack to the right. The rear features various windows and doors, including another triple lancet, a two-light and a three-light casement, a door with an overlight between, and two two-light dormers above. The building is included for its group value with Durant Farmhouse and barn.
Local climate
The Old School and School House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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