National School is a Grade II listed building in the South Derbyshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 February 1971. School, workshop. 3 related planning applications.
National School
- WRENN ID
- forgotten-keystone-marsh
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Derbyshire
- Constituency
- South Derbyshire MP: Samantha Niblett (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 February 1971
- Type
- School, workshop
- Address
- National School, Penn Lane, Melbourne
- OS grid reference
- SK 386 250
- Coordinates
- 52.82126, -1.42763
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The National School, now a workshop, was built in 1822, with later additions from the late 19th century. It is constructed of red brick with stone dressings to the addition, and has a slate roof with brick coped gables, a brick gable stack to the west, and a dentilled eaves band. The original building is two storeys and five bays, with a late 19th-century addition to the south. The east-facing gabled elevation has steps leading to a central double-chamfered pointed brick doorcase, with painted inner mouldings on iron shafts and a returned brick hoodmould. Pointed windows flank the doorcase, each with brick returned hoods and Gothick traceried metal lights. Above the door is a plain stone plaque inscribed 'National School, erected 1822. Founded 1738', with another pointed window above, featuring similar glazing. A pedimented gable sits above, containing a small blocked circular window. The recessed, south-facing addition has segment-headed glazing bar sashes. The north elevation, facing Penn Lane, features five pointed windows with returned brick hoods and Gothick traceried metal lights on both the ground and first floors.
Local climate
National School sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2005
- 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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