The Old School is a Grade II listed building in the North Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 October 1983. School. 2 related planning applications.

The Old School

WRENN ID
quartered-pinnacle-candle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Norfolk
Constituency
North Norfolk MP: Steff Aquarone (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
13 October 1983
Type
School
Address
The Old School, School Lane, Baconsthorpe, NR25 6LJ
OS grid reference
TG 126 369
Coordinates
52.88781, 1.15964
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old School, dated 1816, is a former school that now serves as a village hall. It is constructed of pebble flint with brick dressings and features a hipped roof covered with corrugated tiles at the front and black glazed pantiles on the sides and rear. The building has three bays with outshuts at the rear.

The south front has a chamfered brick cap on the flint plinth, a dentil cornice, and an axial stack to the right. There are three windows with rusticated brick jambs; the central window has six lights and is topped with a brick pediment that includes the inscription '1816 National School.' To the left is a three-light casement window with a moulded brick pediment filled with pebble flint, while a later four-light window to the right is set under a soldier arch. A large five-light dormer window is located under the hipped roof of the central bay.

Early 20th-century large four-light windows with transoms are found on the left and right returns. The entrance is located in the outshut on the left return, featuring a four-centred brick arch that contains a fanlight with three vertical glazing bars above the door. Inside, there are two rooms with one and two bays, a boarded roof, and wainscot. The plan of the school has remained unaltered since before 1867, and the left window and central pediment match a sketch design from 1816 found in the County Record office.

Local climate

The Old School receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 68% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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