Former National School is a Grade II listed building in the Warwick local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 November 1998. School.
Former National School
- WRENN ID
- solitary-render-storm
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Warwick
- Constituency
- Kenilworth and Southam MP: Sir Jeremy Wright (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 November 1998
- Type
- School
- Address
- Former National School, School Lane, Kenilworth
- OS grid reference
- SP 287 723
- Coordinates
- 52.34805, -1.57874
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Former National School, now used as a theatre wardrobe, was built in 1836. It is constructed of red brick in Flemish bond and features a Welsh slate roof with pedimental gable ends. There is a truncated brick stack at the northwest gable end and a later lateral stack at the rear northeast. The building has a rectangular plan, with schoolrooms located on the ground and first floors.
The exterior is two storeys high and has a symmetrical three-bay southwest front. This front includes large cambered arch windows with multi-pane cast-iron frames, featuring pivot opening lights in the center. The ground floor windows have been replaced with wooden mullion-transom frames, likely in the late 19th century. There is a doorway on the right with an overlight and a panelled door, while a 20th-century brick porch with a flat roof is located on the left.
On the southeast end, there is a similar cast-iron window and a large sandstone plaque in the gable above, inscribed: "NATIONAL SCHOOL. Erected by Voluntary Contributions, AD 1836, S. Butler DD vicar, T. Tidmarsh, R. Draper churchwardens." The northwest end and the rear northeast feature sash windows with glazing bars, along with another multi-pane cast-iron window on the first floor at the rear northeast. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
Former National School receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 67% 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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