Church of England School and Schoolhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Melton local planning authority area, England. School, schoolhouse. 4 related planning applications.
Church of England School and Schoolhouse
- WRENN ID
- scattered-bracket-birch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Melton
- Constituency
- Melton and Syston MP: Edward Argar (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- School, schoolhouse
- Address
- Church of England School and Schoolhouse, Melton Road, Waltham on the Wolds and Thorpe Arnold, LE14 4AJ
- OS grid reference
- SK 800 248
- Coordinates
- 52.81542, -0.8134
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of England School and Schoolhouse, dated 1844, is a school building constructed from limestone ashlar with a plain-tile roof and stone ridge stacks, designed in a Tudor style. It has an H-plan layout, featuring a single-storey central range with four bays, flanked by two cross wings, the right wing being two storeys tall, resulting in a total of six bays.
The entrance is located to the right of the center and features a door with a double-chamfered stone surround, a four-centred head, and a ridged door with ornamental hinges, all set within a gabled stone porch that has a double-chamfered doorway. Above the entrance is the Gillett coat of arms in a circular strap moulding, which includes the motto "SPES MEA IN DEO" and the date 1844.
To the left of the entrance are a pair of two-light stone mullion windows with hood moulds, while to the right is a similar three-light window. The right cross wing, which serves as the schoolhouse, has three-light stone mullion windows on the ground floor and a two-light window on the first floor. The left cross wing features a four-light window, and there is a bell-cote on the right with a gabled ridged stone roof and a single bell. The bell-cote has an off-set buttress and a panel on the cross wing gable that displays a cross and a Latin motto.
All windows are characterized by hollow-chamfered mullions, arched lights, cut spandrels, and hood moulds. The gables are stone-coped with kneelers and topped with ball finials at the apex.
Local climate
Church of England School and Schoolhouse 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 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
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- 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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