Old School House is a Grade II listed building in the South Derbyshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 January 1987. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
Old School House
- WRENN ID
- watchful-copper-solstice
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Derbyshire
- Constituency
- South Derbyshire MP: Samantha Niblett (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 January 1987
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Old School House, the Green, Bretby, DE15 0RE
- OS grid reference
- SK 294 231
- Coordinates
- 52.8054, -1.56411
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old School House is a pair of cottages that have been combined into one building. It dates from the early 19th century and is likely the work of William Martin, who was the estate architect for the Earl of Chesterfield. The structure is made of red brick and features hipped plain tile roofs, with gables at the rear and both ridge and gable stacks. The building has one and two storeys and the south elevation consists of two bays, one bay, and two bays. The central bay is set forward and has two storeys. On the ground floor, there is a triangular-headed three-light casement window, while above it is a two-light casement window set under a flat arch. To the left, there is a blocked doorway and two two-light casement windows, all of which are under slightly arched wedge brick lintels. To the right, there is a doorway with a plank door and two similar windows, also under slightly arched wedge brick lintels.
Local climate
Old School House 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2018
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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