The Old School is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 July 1975. School. 4 related planning applications.
The Old School
- WRENN ID
- solitary-bailey-claret
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Constituency
- Mid Bedfordshire MP: Blake Stephenson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 July 1975
- Type
- School
- Address
- The Old School, Church Street, Shillington, SG5 3LJ
- OS grid reference
- TL 123 339
- Coordinates
- 51.99227, -0.36444
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old School is a former school building, now used as offices. It was erected in 1856, as indicated by a plaque that names J.A. Frere, Vicar, and P.Paine and C.Lines, church wardens. The building is constructed of yellow brick, with some decorative patterning using red headers, and has slate roofs.
The building comprises a single-storeyed central block, with a gabled structure to the west that is one storey high including attics, and a two-storey gabled section to the east. The central and right-hand blocks feature mullion and transom windows. The left-hand gable has mullioned windows. A gabled porch with a pointed arched doorway is located in the centre of the building. An octagonal bell turret with louvred panels, a leaded spirelet supported on wood brackets, and a weathervane are prominent features. Decorative pierced bargeboards adorn the end gables and porch.
Local climate
The Old School sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 83% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 7 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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