The Old School is a Grade II listed building in the North Kesteven local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 October 1987. School. 1 related planning application.
The Old School
- WRENN ID
- steep-granite-curlew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Kesteven
- Constituency
- Sleaford and North Hykeham MP: Dr Caroline Johnson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 October 1987
- Type
- School
- Address
- The Old School, Main Street, Rowston
- OS grid reference
- TF 083 564
- Coordinates
- 53.09424, -0.38318
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old School is a school building dating from 1852. It is constructed of red brick with ashlar dressings and features a slate roof with ashlar coped gables and kneelers. The building is single storey and consists of two bays. At the center, there is a projecting lateral stack with ashlar set-offs, which is topped by the remains of a circular brick stack. A small ashlar plaque inscribed 'National Schools 1852' is also present. On either side of the stack, there are single three-light wooden casements set in deeply recessed and chamfered brick surrounds with shallow pointed heads. At both ends of the building, there are projecting porches with ashlar coped gables and kneelers, each featuring a single plank door also in deeply recessed and chamfered brick surrounds with shallow pointed heads.
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 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 83% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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