Old School House is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. Former school, private dwelling. 2 related planning applications.
Old School House
- WRENN ID
- proud-hearth-rush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Suffolk
- Constituency
- Central Suffolk and North Ipswich MP: Patrick Spencer (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Former school, private dwelling
- Address
- Old School House, Main Road, Little Glemham, IP13 0BA
- OS grid reference
- TM 341 584
- Coordinates
- 52.1742, 1.42283
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old School House is a former school, now a private dwelling, dating from 1855. It is located on the east side of Main Road, Little Glemham. The building is constructed of red brick with diaper patterns created using black brick headers, and has a plaintiled roof. It is predominantly single-story with an attic, with a partial single-story section. The windows are set within splayed reveals. A full-height canted bay window is located to the west; this has been rendered and now features large pane casement windows added in the mid-20th century. The north wing has a five-light window with brick mullions and a crow-stepped gable featuring ornamental cappings to each step. Doorways are arched with shallow pointed tops and have boarded doors. A taller, square section to the south is topped by a timber bellcote, containing one bell, and has a pyramidal roof with a spike finial and weather vane. Wide overhanging eaves are present, along with three chimneys, each with two tall, coupled flues with oversailing courses. Two single-story extensions were added in the mid-20th century.
Local climate
Old School House sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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 — 5 transactions since 1995
- 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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