The Old School House is a Grade II listed building in the South Derbyshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 June 1978. A Victorian School, house.

The Old School House

WRENN ID
shifting-thatch-moth
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Derbyshire
Constituency
South Derbyshire MP: Samantha Niblett (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 June 1978
Type
School, house
Period
Victorian
Address
The Old School House, Willington Road, Twyford and Stenson
OS grid reference
SK 326 288
Coordinates
52.85588, -1.51663
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old School House is a building that was originally a school, constructed in 1842. It is made of red brick with sandstone dressings and features a Welsh slate roof with stone-coped gables, a brick gable stack, and a brick bellcote. The building has a chamfered stone plinth and is a single storey.

On the east elevation, there are two 2-light casement windows set in moulded stone surrounds, and the west elevation has a similar appearance. The gabled south elevation includes a blocked ogee-arched doorway, which is flanked by ovolo moulded stone cross windows that have diamond lights. Above this, there is a stone shield with an inscription that reads: "This School Room in connection with the Church of England was built by Public subscription on a site presented by Sir G Crewe Bart AD MDCCXLII." The building was converted into a house in 1979 by the Derbyshire Historic Buildings Trust.

Local climate

The Old School House receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 70% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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