The Old School House is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 August 1983. House. 2 related planning applications.
The Old School House
- WRENN ID
- crooked-turret-shade
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 August 1983
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Old School House, Park Road, Melchbourne and Yielden, MK44 1BB
- OS grid reference
- TL 028 654
- Coordinates
- 52.27767, -0.49438
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old School House is a former school that has been converted into a house, built in 1857 for Lord St John. The building features chequered brick with some stone dressings and has a modern tile roof. It is designed in a T-plan, with a two-storey south wing and a one-storey north wing that includes 20th-century attics. The south wing has a central ridge stack with three octagonal flues.
On the east elevation, there is a projecting wing that includes a canted bay on the ground floor with a mullion and transom window. The first floor features a mullioned two-light window with a moulded label, while the attic level displays a datestone with an "S" below a coronet. The recessed wing has two mullion and transom five-light windows with moulded labels and a central projecting gabled porch with a Tudor arch leading to the door. Additionally, there are three 20th-century gabled dormers.
Local climate
The Old School House sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2002
- 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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