The Old School House is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 May 1984. House. 4 related planning applications.

The Old School House

WRENN ID
sleeping-sandstone-gorse
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Hertfordshire
Constituency
North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
31 May 1984
Type
House
Address
The Old School House, 39, Church End, Walkern, SG2 7PB
OS grid reference
TL 293 265
Coordinates
51.92217, -0.1199
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old School House is a house dating from the 16th or early 17th century. It is timber-framed with a brick plinth, roughcast render, weatherboarded sections, and steep roofs covered in old red tiles. The main block is a long, two-story, three-window facade facing south. A small, single-story west extension has a steeply pitched tile roof. A two-story gabled bathroom extension is located at the rear. A large internal gable chimney is present at the west end, and a smaller external gable chimney at the east end. The south front features flush casement windows with two or three lights, and a central enclosed porch. The western room contains an open fireplace with a beam above it. The eastern room has a very heavy beam. Exposed timbers and original doors are visible throughout.

Local climate

The Old School House 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 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 57% 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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  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2011
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  • 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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