The Old School House is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. House.
The Old School House
- WRENN ID
- fallow-timber-blackthorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- Shrewsbury MP: Julia Buckley (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Old School House, Wyle Cop, Shrewsbury
- OS grid reference
- SJ 493 123
- Coordinates
- 52.70616, -2.75071
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old School House is a house dating from the late 16th century, with 18th-century facing and fittings. It features a timber-framed structure with brick facades, standing two storeys high with attic dormers. The building has a two-window range, with casements that have been renewed in their original openings, which include single ring cambered heads. To the right, there is a doorway that has an overlight and a canopy supported by moulded brackets. Inside, there is a 17th-century splat baluster staircase and two panelled rooms.
Local climate
The Old School House receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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 1999
- No related consent applications matched
- 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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