The Old School House is a Grade II listed building in the Newark and Sherwood local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 May 1986. House. 4 related planning applications.
The Old School House
- WRENN ID
- last-gravel-tide
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Newark and Sherwood
- Constituency
- Sherwood Forest MP: Michelle Welsh (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 May 1986
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Old School House, Main Street, Farnsfield, NG22 8EF
- OS grid reference
- SK 648 565
- Coordinates
- 53.10241, -1.03306
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old School House is a house built in the early 18th century. It is constructed of red brick and features a concrete pantile roof, along with two red brick gable stacks. The eaves are detailed with dentil, raised brick, and dogtooth patterns. The building has two storeys plus a garret and consists of four bays. There is a band at the first floor level and another band above the first floor openings. The house has four Yorkshire sash windows on the first floor and four similar sash windows above, all set under segmental arches. At the rear, there is a two-storey wing.
Local climate
The Old School House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
- 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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