Prospect House the Old Schoolhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 July 1950. House.
Prospect House the Old Schoolhouse
- WRENN ID
- veiled-pillar-umber
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 July 1950
- Type
- House
- Address
- Prospect House the Old Schoolhouse, Schoolhouse Lane, Bishop's Castle
- OS grid reference
- SO 324 890
- Coordinates
- 52.49502, -2.99567
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Schoolhouse, formerly known as Prospect House, is a house dating from the early to mid-18th century, which was refaced and extended in the early 19th century. It is constructed from stuccoed limestone rubble and features a slate roof that is hipped to the right. The building has an L-plan layout and consists of two storeys and an attic. There are end stacks, with the right stack being external, and a central late 19th-century flat-topped dormer that contains a three-light casement window.
The façade has three bays with glazing bar sashes. The central entrance features a six flush-panelled door flanked by panelled pilaster strips and sidelights, topped by a segmental radial fanlight. Inside, there is an early to mid-18th-century staircase that rises two storeys, consisting of three flights per storey with landings and a square well. The staircase has turned balusters, a moulded handrail, and square newel posts. Surviving deeds are in the possession of the current occupier as of July 1984.
Local climate
Prospect House the Old Schoolhouse receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 49 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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