Old School House is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 August 1987. Former school room. 2 related planning applications.
Old School House
- WRENN ID
- north-loft-elm
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 August 1987
- Type
- Former school room
- Address
- Old School House, High Street, Podington, Wellingborough, NN29 7HS
- OS grid reference
- SP 941 626
- Coordinates
- 52.25394, -0.62248
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old School House is a former school room dating to 1841. It is constructed from coursed limestone rubble with a Welsh slate roof. The building is single-storied with two three-light casement windows, each featuring timber mullions and semi-circular arched heads to the lights. Stone drip moulds are positioned above the windows. A central projecting gabled porch has stone gable coping and moulded kneelers. The doorway is topped with a semi-circular head; the drip mould has been removed but shield-shaped stops remain.
Local climate
Old School House sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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 — 2 transactions since 1998
- 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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