The Old School is a Grade II listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 December 1983. Former school.
The Old School
- WRENN ID
- idle-pinnacle-sable
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Norfolk
- Constituency
- South Norfolk MP: Ben Goldsborough (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 December 1983
- Type
- Former school
- Address
- The Old School, Church Hill, Saxlingham Nethergate
- OS grid reference
- TM 230 971
- Coordinates
- 52.52617, 1.2863
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old School is a former school building, likely from the 18th century. It features a rendered timber frame and a thatched roof. The structure is single storey and has five bays of 19th-century three-light casement windows, which include horizontal glazing bars and rectangular hood moulds. On the west gable end, there is one four-light window and one single-light window, both with coloured leaded diamond glazing. At the apex, there is a small quatrefoil window. There is also a low extension at the rear that has a crenellated parapet. This building is included for its group value.
Local climate
The Old 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 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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