Bretby Old School is a Grade II listed building in the South Derbyshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 January 1974. School, house.
Bretby Old School
- WRENN ID
- third-facade-owl
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Derbyshire
- Constituency
- South Derbyshire MP: Samantha Niblett (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 January 1974
- Type
- School, house
- Address
- Bretby Old School, the Green
- OS grid reference
- SK 295 232
- Coordinates
- 52.80597, -1.56366
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Bretby Old School is a building that was originally a school and is now a house. It dates from 1806 and is possibly designed by William Martin, the architect for the Earl of Chesterfield's estate. The building features a 20th-century upper storey on the southeast side. It is constructed of red brick with plain tile hipped roofs and has three brick ridge stacks. The structure is one and two storeys high, with an elevation facing the Green that has a symmetrical arrangement of two, one, and two bays.
The two-storey projecting central bay contains a three-light four-centred arched window on each floor, with splayed brick voussoirs. Between these windows is a stone panel that reads "BRADBY SCHOOL/OPENED FOR THE ADMISSION OF SCHOLARS/OCTOBER 20th 1806." To the left of the central bay is a gabled wooden porch with latticework sides and a half-glazed door. Further left are two similar two-light windows with four-centred arches. To the right, there are two taller windows of the same style, along with two gabled 20th-century dormers above. The building is listed for its group value only.
Local climate
Bretby Old School receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 65% 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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- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2007
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