Old School is a Grade II listed building in the West Lindsey local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1985. A C19 Former school. 1 related planning application.

Old School

WRENN ID
western-chamber-pine
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Lindsey
Constituency
Gainsborough MP: Sir Edward Leigh (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 February 1985
Type
Former school
Address
Old School, Main Street, Bishop Norton, LN1 2RL
OS grid reference
SK 983 925
Coordinates
53.42099, -0.52084
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old School, built in 1872, is a former school that is now closed. It features red brick construction with ashlar dressings and blue brick polychromatic bands. The roof is patterned slate, with raised stone coped gables and ornate moulded kneelers, as well as a reduced double ridge brick stack. The building has a T-plan layout and includes a bellcote over the doorway.

The front is single storey with two bays and a dentillated eaves course. The right bay projects under a gable and contains a three-light timber window with an ashlar cill and a triangular polychromatic arch, which has a tympanum made of fish scale tiles. Above this window is a vertical ventilation slot. The left bay features a planked door set in a pointed polychromatic arch with a hood mould, flanked by single buttresses. Above the door is a stepped tumbled gable topped with an ashlar coped gabled bellcote, which has ornate kneelers and a tall iron pinnacle. The building is listed for its group value only.

Local climate

Old School receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 65% 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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  • Sale history — 5 transactions since 1995
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
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  • 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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