School House is a Grade II listed building in the Lichfield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 October 1987. Schoolmaster's house. 2 related planning applications.
School House
- WRENN ID
- sheer-keep-ivy
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lichfield
- Constituency
- Tamworth MP: Sarah Edwards (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 October 1987
- Type
- Schoolmaster's house
- Address
- School House, School Lane, Wigginton and Hopwas, B78 3AD
- OS grid reference
- SK 179 051
- Coordinates
- 52.64419, -1.73675
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
School House, dated 1717, is a red brick building with flared brick headers and a plain tile roof, situated north-south, facing west. It has brick end stacks. The building is two storeys high with a gable-lit attic, featuring storey bands, the lower one stepped up over the central door. There are three windows with glazing bar casements and segmental heads, original hinges remain for former shutters. The entrance has a 20th-century door with a segmental head and rectangular overlight. An inscription slab at attic level reads: “THIS HOUSE WAS BUILT AT THE CHARGE OF MR THOMAS BARNES/ NATIVE OF THIS PLACE AND A/ CITIZEN OF LONDON IN THE/YEAR OF OUR LORD 1717. FOR/ THE DWELLING OF A PERSON TO/ TEACH THE CHILDREN OF THIS/VILLAGE TO READ ENGLISH.” A single-storey lean-to extension is located to the left, and a single-storey extension with a 20th-century casement window is to the right. This building is an early example of a schoolmaster’s house, demonstrating group value as a significant feature within the village.
Local climate
School House receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 73% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 11 transactions since 1997
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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