The Old School is a Grade II listed building in the Melton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 August 1979. A Mid C18 School. 1 related planning application.
The Old School
- WRENN ID
- tattered-pier-ridge
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Melton
- Constituency
- Melton and Syston MP: Edward Argar (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 August 1979
- Type
- School
- Address
- The Old School, 6, Back Lane, Sproxton, LE14 4PT
- OS grid reference
- SK 823 247
- Coordinates
- 52.81441, -0.77899
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old School is a mid-18th century house that was converted into a school in 1850 and returned to domestic use in the 1970s, with alterations made during each phase. The building is constructed from coursed ironstone and features slate roofs. The main block is located to the west, with a long subsidiary wing extending to the rear. It has one storey and a dormer attic. The west side is lit by two 2-light casements. The gabled roof has one gabled dormer positioned to the right of the center and a ridge stack to the left of the center. The south gable includes one 2-light casement on the ground floor and another in the attic. The parapeted gable head supports a bell-cote that was added in 1850 for the school use.
Local climate
The Old 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 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2005
- 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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