Old School House is a Grade II listed building in the Boston local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 May 1949. A Victorian School house.
Old School House
- WRENN ID
- secret-storey-nettle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Boston
- Constituency
- Boston and Skegness MP: Richard Tice (RUK)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 May 1949
- Type
- School house
- Period
- Victorian
- Address
- Old School House, 1, South End
- OS grid reference
- TF 328 437
- Coordinates
- 52.9744, -0.02242
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old School House, originally the headmaster's house and now converted into flats, was built in 1827 and extended in the late 19th century, with alterations made in the 20th century. It is constructed of gault brick in Flemish bond, topped with a Westmorland slate roof featuring lead dressings. The building has stone-coped gables and two brick stacks, while the rear and sides are finished in red brick with slate roofs.
The exterior is two storeys high, plus a basement and garret, with a three-bay front. The central bay is slightly advanced and features an open pediment, plain end pilasters, a plinth, a first-floor sill band, and a paired dentilled cornice. The entrance consists of an eight-panel door accessed by five steps, topped with a plain overlight and set within an open pedimented doorcase that has engaged fluted half-round Doric columns and panelled reveals. The door is flanked by single bordered glazing bar sashes. The basement has two smaller windows, while the first floor has three smaller similar windows. All windows, except those in the basement, have cambered wedge stucco lintels with fluted keystones. The pediment features the triple crown Boston emblem.
At the rear, there is a single-storey extension on the right, which includes a six-panel door with a plain fanlight and a contemporary lion's head door knocker. The late 19th-century red brick extensions are three storeys high and also feature glazing bar sashes. The interior retains some original joinery from the time of construction.
Local climate
Old School House sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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