Old School House is a Grade II listed building in the Malvern Hills local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 October 1979. Former school, dwelling.
Old School House
- WRENN ID
- final-footing-rowan
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Malvern Hills
- Constituency
- West Worcestershire MP: Dame Harriett Baldwin (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 October 1979
- Type
- Former school, dwelling
- Address
- Old School House, Astley and Dunley
- OS grid reference
- SO 795 676
- Coordinates
- 52.30689, -2.30192
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old School House is a former school building, now converted into a dwelling, dated 1743. It is constructed of English bond brick on a sandstone plinth and features a tiled roof. The building has a modified U-plan and consists of one storey and an attic, with a basement at the rear. The central door is flanked by three-light windows, all with segmental heads, which have been replaced in the 20th century. The building has a cogged eaves cornice and three hipped dormers, also from the 20th century, with raised verges. A brick chimney at the north gable has been restored in the 20th century. Above the doorway, there is a tablet with an oval inscription panel that reads, "Mrs Mercy Pope/ some time relict/ of Higgons James/ of this Parish Esqr/ and afterward wife/ to Bromwich Pope Esqr/ was ye charitable/ FOUNDER/ of this School/ MDCCXLII." Additionally, there is a 19th-century wash-house complex under a hipped roof, complete with a pump, located at the rear.
Local climate
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 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% 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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- Sale history — 1 transaction since 1996
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