Former School is a Grade II listed building in the Harlow local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 July 1950. School. 2 related planning applications.
Former School
- WRENN ID
- fallow-rafter-larch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Harlow
- Constituency
- Harlow MP: Chris Vince (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 July 1950
- Type
- School
- Address
- Former School, Nexus House, School Lane, CM20 3QA
- OS grid reference
- TL 453 103
- Coordinates
- 51.77266, 0.10552
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The building, known as Nexus House, was originally a school founded in 1777. It features walls made of red brick laid in Flemish bond and has a hipped roof covered with slate. A single red brick chimney is located at the south end of the building.
A stone inscribed with the founding details is placed under a blind recess in the center of the first storey. The inscription reads: "This free school was founded and endowed by William Martin Esq. Formerly Lord of the Manor of Netteswellbury. For the education of 20 poor children. And was erected by the Trustees appointed by his will in the year of our Lord 1777." On either side of this stone are pairs of small-paned hornless sash windows set under straight arches. The central door is modern and is framed by a case with a flat leaded hood, with matching pairs of sashes on each side.
Local climate
Former School 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 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 50% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2022
- 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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